Job 20:6

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Isa 14:13-14 : 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
  • Obad 1:3-4 : 3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation [is] high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? 4 Though thou exalt [thyself] as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
  • Gen 11:4 : 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
  • Matt 11:23 : 23 ‹And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.›
  • Dan 4:11 : 11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
  • Dan 4:22 : 22 It [is] thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
  • Amos 9:2 : 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

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  • Job 20:7-8
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    7[Yet] he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where [is] he?

    8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

  • Job 22:12-14
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    12[Is] not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

    13And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

    14Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

  • 27The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

  • 5That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment?

  • 5Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [which] are higher than thou.

  • 34He beholdeth all high [things]: he [is] a king over all the children of pride.

  • Ps 10:5-6
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    5His ways are always grievous; thy judgments [are] far above out of his sight: [as for] all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

    6He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for [I shall] never [be] in adversity.

  • Isa 14:14-15
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    14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

    15Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

  • 9He holdeth back the face of his throne, [and] spreadeth his cloud upon it.

  • 6¶ Though the LORD [be] high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

  • Ps 113:4-6
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    4The LORD [is] high above all nations, [and] his glory above the heavens.

    5Who [is] like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,

    6Who humbleth [himself] to behold [the things that are] in heaven, and in the earth!

  • 16His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

  • 20But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:

  • 5Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;

  • 5Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.

  • 10¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;

  • 34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

  • 11Then shall [his] mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, [imputing] this his power unto his god.

  • 24They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all [other], and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

  • 5¶ Thy mercy, O LORD, [is] in the heavens; [and] thy faithfulness [reacheth] unto the clouds.

  • 11Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: [let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.

  • Obad 1:3-4
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    3The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation [is] high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

    4Though thou exalt [thyself] as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

  • 20Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

  • 6¶ The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

  • 8[It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

  • 19Behold, this [is] the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

  • 2Clouds and darkness [are] round about him: righteousness and judgment [are] the habitation of his throne.

  • 29Also can [any] understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the noise of his tabernacle?

  • 11The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

  • 4Man is like to vanity: his days [are] as a shadow that passeth away.

  • 34Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency [is] over Israel, and his strength [is] in the clouds.

  • 15Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

  • 22Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

  • 6The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.

  • Job 37:21-22
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    21¶ And now [men] see not the bright light which [is] in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

    22Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God [is] terrible majesty.

  • 29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

  • 20Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils [is] terrible.

  • 12And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, [and] thick clouds of the skies.

  • 17And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

  • 21Doth not their excellency [which is] in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

  • 2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.