Job 20:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־יַעֲלֶ֣ה לַשָּׁמַ֣יִם שִׂיא֑וֹ וְ֝רֹאשׁ֗וֹ לָעָ֥ב יַגִּֽיעַ׃

Transliteration

ʾim- yaʿăleh la-šāmayim śîʾô wĕ- rōʾšô lā-ʿāb yaggîaʿ

Grammar Details

*ʾim-*: conjunction - if
*yaʿăleh*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it ascends/goes up
*la-šāmayim*: preposition with definite article and noun, masculine plural - to the heavens
*śîʾô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his height/exaltation
*wĕ-*: conjunction - and
*rōʾšô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his head
*lā-ʿāb*: preposition with definite article and noun, masculine singular - to the cloud
*yaggîaʿ*: hifil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it reaches/touches

Word Meanings

*yaʿăleh*: ascends/goes up/mounts up
*šāmayim*: heavens/sky
*śîʾô*: his height/his exaltation/his excellence/his pride
*rōʾšô*: his head/his top/his summit
*ʿāb*: cloud/thick cloud
*yaggîaʿ*: reaches/touches/arrives at

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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Referenced Verses

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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