Catholic Public Domain Version
"If his pride ascends even towards the heavens, and his head touches the clouds, "
— Job 20:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;”
“Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds; ”
“Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,”
“Even though his stature reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds,”
“If his pride mount up even to heaven, and his head touch the clouds:”
“Though he is lifted up to the heavens, and his head goes up to the clouds;”
“Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;”
The teaching you use to admonish me, I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding will respond for me.
This, I know, is from the beginning, from the time that man was set over the earth:
that the praise of the impious shall be short, and the joy of the hypocrite lasts only a moment.
If his pride ascends even towards the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
in the end, he will be destroyed like a trash heap, and those who had seen him will say: “Where is he?”
Like a dream that flies away, he will not be found; he will pass away like a nightmare.
The eyes that had seen him, will not see him; no longer will his own place admire him.