Job 20:6

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;clouds: Heb. cloud

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

Though his excellence goes up to the heavens, || He strikes his head against a cloud—

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

Though his excellencie mount vp to the heauen, and his head reache vnto the cloudes,

JPS

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

LXXE

although his gifts should go up to heaven, and his sacrifice reach the clouds.

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WLC

אִם־יַעֲלֶ֣ה לַשָּׁמַ֣יִם שִׂיא֑וֹ וְ֝רֹאשׁ֗וֹ לָעָ֥ב יַגִּֽיעַ׃

LXX-Br

ἐὰν ἀναβῇ εἰς οὐρανὸν αὐτοῦ τὰ δῶρα, ἡ δὲ θυσία αὐτοῦ νεφῶν ἅψηται.

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• Obadiah 1:3–4The 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?’ Though you soar like the eagle and make…
• Isaiah 14:13–14You 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. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I…
• 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.”
• 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.
• 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.
• Daniel 4:11The tree grew large and strong; its top reached the sky, and it was visible to the ends of the earth.
• 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.

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