Job 20:6 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; {clouds: Heb. cloud}”

Job 20:6

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Knowest thou {not} this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

That the triumphing of the wicked {is} short, and the joy of the hypocrite {but} for a moment? {short: Heb. from near}

Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; {clouds: Heb. cloud}

{Yet} he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where {is} he?

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

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Job 20:1

"Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,"

Job 20:2

"Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for {this} I make haste. {I make...: Heb. my haste is in me}"

Job 20:3

"I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer."

Job 20:4

"Knowest thou {not} this of old, since man was placed upon earth,"

Job 20:5

"That the triumphing of the wicked {is} short, and the joy of the hypocrite {but} for a moment? {short: Heb. from near}"

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