Job 20:6 · KJV
“Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; {clouds: Heb. cloud}”
— Job 20:6
That the triumphing of the wicked {is} short, and the joy of the hypocrite {but} for a moment? {short: Heb. from near}
{Yet} he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where {is} he?
Job 20 — Context
Knowest thou {not} this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
5That the triumphing of the wicked {is} short, and the joy of the hypocrite {but} for a moment? {short: Heb. from near}
6Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; {clouds: Heb. cloud}
7{Yet} he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where {is} he?
8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Cross References
Obadiah 1:3-4
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?
Isaiah 14:13-14
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:
Genesis 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.
Matthew 11:23
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.
Daniel 4:22
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.
Daniel 4:11
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
Amos 9:2
Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: