Job 20:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;”
Job 20:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Job 20:6 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Job 20:6 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Job 20:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,”
Job 20:6 — World English Bible
Job 20:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds; ”
Job 20:6 — American Standard Version
Job 20:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Though his excellency go up to the heavens, And his head against a cloud he strike--”
Job 20:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Job 20:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds, ”
Job 20:6 — Darby Translation
Job 20:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Though his excellencie mount vp to the heauen, and his head reache vnto the cloudes,”
Job 20:6 — Geneva Bible
Job 20:6 in Context — Job 20
4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon 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 unto 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: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
What Does Job 20:6 Mean?
Job 20:6 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 20. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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