Bible Strands
Job 20:6
Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Zophar addresses Job during the wisdom dialogues, describing the fleeting nature of the wicked man’s prosperity.
The words — `שִׂיא֑/וֹ (si.'/O)` denotes loftiness, paired with `לָ/עָ֥ב (la./'Av)` meaning to the clouds, describing the imagined height of arrogance.
The thread — This motif of overreaching pride appears in Genesis 11:4, Isaiah 14:13, and Obadiah 1:3.
Why it lands — The text states that arrogance reaching the heavens is immediately followed by perishing forever, demanding the reader recognize pride as inherently self-destructive.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
Cross-references
- Isaiah 14:13 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.
- Obadiah 1:3 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?’
- 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.”
- Daniel 4:11 The tree grew large and strong; its top reached the sky, and it was visible to the ends of the earth.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.