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Job 20:6
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Job 20:6
6Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
6Though his excellencie mount vp to the heauens, and his head reach vnto the †clouds:
- Heb. cloud.
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Job 20:6
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
excellency
Surpassing greatness, dignity, superiority, glory, or an eminent and highly valued quality in the person or thing spoken of.
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A mountain or hill; as a verb, to ascend or rise.
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The upper part of the body; a chief, source, summit, or leading position.
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To extend, continue, or arrive as far as the stated point, limit, or time.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Visible masses of condensed vapour in the sky; also figures of covering, multitude, or obscurity.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 6
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Open the full verse study13For 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:
14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
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Open the full verse study3¶ 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?
4Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.
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Open the full verse study4And 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.
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Open the full verse study2Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
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Open the full verse study11The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
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Open the full verse study22It 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.
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Open the full verse study23And 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.
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