Job 20:6

New International Reader's Version

Their pride might reach all the way up to the heavens. Their heads might touch the clouds.

Cross References

Genesis 11:4

Then they said, “Come on! Let’s build a city for ourselves. Let’s build a tower that reaches to the sky. We’ll make a name for ourselves. Then we won’t be scattered over the whole earth.”

Jeremiah 51:53

What if Babylon reached all the way to the heavens? What if it made its high walls even stronger? I would still send destroyers against it,” announces the Lord.

Daniel 4:11

It had grown to be large and strong. Its top touched the sky. It could be seen anywhere on earth.

Daniel 4:22

Your Majesty, you are that tree! You have become great and strong. Your greatness has grown until it reaches the sky. Your rule has spread to all parts of the earth.

Amos 9:2

They might dig down deep. But my powerful hand will take them out of there. They might climb up to the heavens. But I will bring them down from there.

Matthew 11:23

And what about you, Capernaum? Will you be lifted to the heavens? No! You will go down to the place of the dead. Suppose the miracles done in you had been done in Sodom. It would still be here today.