Job 20:6

4 Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,

5 the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

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

7 he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’

8 He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

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;
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;
DARBY
Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds,
BLB
Though his loftiness should go up to the heavens, and his head should touch to the clouds,
ÅB
Stiger enn hans stolthet til himmelen, og når enn hans hode til skyen,
OTB
Selv om hans hovmod når himmelen
og hans hode berører skyene,
B1930
Stiger enn hans stolthet til himmelen, og når enn hans hode til skyen,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Obadiah 1:3–4

    The 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?’

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  • Isaiah 14:13–14

    You 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.

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  • 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.”

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  • Amos 9:2

    Though 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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  • Daniel 4:11

    The tree grew large and strong; its top reached the sky, and it was visible to the ends of the earth.

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  • Daniel 4:22

    you, 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.

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  • Matthew 11:23

    And 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.

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