Devine Scripture

Job 20:6

Job chapter 20 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?

v.6This passage

v.7Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 14:13

    And thou saidst in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;

  • 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.

  • Matthew 11:23

    And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt go down unto Hades: for if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in thee, it would have remained until this day.

  • Genesis 11:4

    And they said, Come, 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.

  • Amos 9:2

    Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.