Then the people said, “We should build a city for ourselves. And we should build a tower that will reach to the sky. We will be famous. {And this will keep us together.} We will not be scattered all over the earth.”
Job 20:6 - Easy To Read Version Maybe the evil person’s pride will\par reach up to the sky,\par and his head will touch the clouds.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Though his [proud] height mounts up to the heavens and his head reaches to the clouds, American Standard Version (1901) Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds; Common English Bible Though their height reaches heaven and their heads touch the clouds, Catholic Public Domain Version If his pride ascends even towards the heavens, and his head touches the clouds, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If his pride mount up even to heaven, and his head touch the clouds: |
Then the people said, “We should build a city for ourselves. And we should build a tower that will reach to the sky. We will be famous. {And this will keep us together.} We will not be scattered all over the earth.”
Babylon might grow\par until she touches the sky.\par Babylon might make her forts strong.\par But I will send people\par to fight against that city.\par And those people will destroy her.”\par The Lord said these things.\par
The tree grew large and strong. The top of the tree touched the sky. {\cf2\super [42]} It could be seen from anywhere on earth.
King, you are that tree! You have become great and powerful. You are like the tall tree that touched the sky—and your power reaches to the far parts of the earth.
“Edom, {\cf2\super [3]} I will make you the smallest nation.\par Everyone will hate you very much.\par
And you, Capernaum, {\cf2\super [149]} will you be lifted up to heaven? No! You will be thrown down to the place of death. I did many miracles in you. If those same miracles had happened in Sodom, {\cf2\super [150]} \{the people of\} Sodom \{would have stopped sinning and it\} would still be a city today.