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


In Context

3 I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding inspires me to reply.

4 "Surely you know how it has been from of old, ever since man was placed on the earth,

5 that the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

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

7 he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'

8 Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found, banished like 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 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 —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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