Job 20:6 — King James Version← Study notes

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

Job 20:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 20:67 words

HebrewMeaning

אִםʾim

(andconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

יַעֲלֶ֣הyaʿăleh

ariseverbH5927

ascend up · at once · break · bring ···

לַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִםlašāmayim

heavenpronH8064

astrologer · heaven

שִׂיא֑/וֹśiyʾwō

excellencynounH7863

וְ֝/רֹאשׁ֗/וֹwərōʾšwō

bandconjH7218

beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···

לָ/עָ֥בlāʿāb

claypronH5645

cloud · thick · thicket. Compare

יַגִּֽיעַyagiyʿa

beatverbH5060

bring · cast · come · draw near ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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