Though his height mount up to the heavens,
and his head reach to the clouds,
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Job 20:6 in context
Job 20:3–9
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I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame.
The spirit of my understanding answers me.
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Don’t you know this from old time,
since man was placed on earth,
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that the triumphing of the wicked is short,
the joy of the godless but for a moment?
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Though his height mount up to the heavens,
and his head reach to the clouds,
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yet he will perish forever like his own dung.
Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
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He will fly away as a dream, and will not be found.
Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
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The eye which saw him will see him no more,
neither will his place see him any more.
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