Hebrew Interlinear

Job 20:6 Interlinear

“ mount up to the heavens Though his excellency and his head unto the clouds reach”

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Job 20 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	אִם	H518		used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
2	יַעֲלֶ֣ה	H5927	mount up	to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
3	לַשָּׁמַ֣יִם	H8064	to the heavens	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 r
4	שִׂיא֑וֹ	H7863	Though his excellency	elevation
5	וְ֝רֹאשׁ֗וֹ	H7218	and his head	the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
6	לָעָ֥ב	H5645	unto the clouds	properly, an envelope, i.e., darkness (or density, 2 chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
7	יַגִּֽיעַ׃	H5060	reach	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

Job 20:6 (current) mount up to the heavens Though his excellency and his head unto the clouds reach