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Job 20:6

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

KJV

Si ascenderit usque ad cælum superbia ejus, et caput ejus nubes tetigerit,

Vulgate

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

LXX

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

ASV

אִם יַעֲלֶ֣ה לַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם שִׂיא֑/וֹ וְ֝/רֹאשׁ֗/וֹ לָ/עָ֥ב יַגִּֽיעַ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
וֹ
v
pronoun · 1×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
נֹּגֵ֥עַ
ng'
verb · 149×
עָ֑ב
'b
noun · 32×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 11:4 — 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.
  • Isa 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:
  • Obad 1:3 — 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?
  • Obad 1:4 — 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.