6Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds;


In Context

3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.

4 Know you not this of old, since man was placed on earth,

5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

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

7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yes, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

Job 20:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:6Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:6Though his pride reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:6If his pride mount up even to heaven, and his head touch the clouds:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:6Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:6Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:6Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:6Though his excellence shall mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:6Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:6Though his excellency go up to the heavens, And his head against a cloud he strike —