KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Job 20:6 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Though” | אִם | Used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not | Though |
| “his excellency” | שִׂיא֑וֹ | Elevation | excellency |
| “mount up” | יַעֲלֶ֣ה | To ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative | mount up |
| “to the heavens,” | לַשָּׁמַ֣יִם | The sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve) | heavens |
| “and his head” | וְ֝רֹאשׁ֗וֹ | The head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) | head |
| “reach” | יַגִּֽיעַ׃ | Properly, to touch, i.e., lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.) | reach |
| “unto the clouds;” | לָעָ֥ב | Properly, an envelope, i.e., darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse | clouds |
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4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
8 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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