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


In Context

3 The chastisement of my shame I hear, And the spirit of mine understanding Doth cause me to answer:

4 This hast thou known from antiquity? Since the placing of man on earth?

5 That the singing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the profane for a moment,

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

7 As his own dung for ever he doth perish, His beholders say: 'Where is he?'

8 As a dream he fleeth, and they find him not, And he is driven 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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