Job 20:6New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Though his loftiness reaches the heavens, And his head touches the clouds,
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Though his excellence shall mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds;
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds,
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Though his elevation mount up to the heavens, and, his head, to the clouds, doth reach,
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Though his excellency go up to the heavens, And his head against a cloud he strike—
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— If his pride mount up even to heaven, and his head touch the clouds:
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Though his excellencie mount vp to the heauen, and his head reache vnto the cloudes,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Though his excellencie mount vp to the heauens, and his head reach vnto the clouds:
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Though his excellency mount up to the heavens and his head reach to the clouds,
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— although his gifts should go up to heaven, and his sacrifice reach the clouds.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; |
Though
x518 (0518) Complementאִם'im{eem}
A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogitive, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence as a negative, not.
his excellency
7863 {7863} Primeשִׂיאsiy'{see}
From the same as H7721 by permutation; elevation.
mount up
5927 {5927} Primeעָלָה`alah{aw-law'}
A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively ( be high) or active ( mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literally and figuratively.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
to the heavens,
8064 {8064} Primeשָׁמַיִםshamayim{shaw-mah'-yim}
The second form being dual of an unused singular; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve).
and his head
7218 {7218} Primeרֹאשׁro'sh{roshe}
From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literally or figuratively (in many applications, of place, time, rank, etc.).
reach
5060 {5060} Primeנגעnaga`{naw-gah'}
A primitive root; properly to touch, that is, lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication to reach (figuratively to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.).
z8686 <8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 4046
unto the clouds;
5645 {5645} Primeעָב`ab{awb}
Masculine and feminine; from H5743; properly an envelope, that is, darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically a (scud) cloud; also a copse. |
Job 20:6
Though — Though he be advanced to great dignity and authority. |
Job 20:6
Though (b) his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
(b) His purpose is to prove Job to be a wicked man, and a hypocrite, because God punished him, and changed his prosperity into adversity. |
- his excellency:
Genesis 11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Isaiah 14:13-14 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: ... I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Daniel 4:11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
Daniel 4:22 It [is] thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
Amos 9:2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
Obadiah 1:3-4 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation [is] high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? ... Though thou exalt [thyself] as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
Matthew 11:23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
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