Job 20:6

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,”

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BSBPD

“Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Though his excellency go up to the heavens, And his head against a cloud he strike--”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 20:6 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 11:4“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
  2. Isaiah 14:13You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.
  3. Daniel 4:11The tree grew large and strong; its top reached the sky, and it was visible to the ends of the earth.
  4. Daniel 4:22you, O king, are that tree! For you have become great and strong; your greatness has grown to reach the sky, and your dominion extends to the ends of the earth.
  5. Amos 9:2Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.
  6. Obadiah 1:3The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
  7. Obadiah 1:4Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
  8. Matthew 11:23And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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