Holy Scripture
Job 20:6
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“Ver. 6, 7. Though his pride mount up unto the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds: Yet he shall perish at last like the dunghill. 5. The pride of the hypocrite is said to 'mount up unto the heavens,' when his high-mindedness has the appearance of leading a heavenly life; and his 'head as it were reaches unto t…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
6Although his gifts should go up to heaven, And his sacrifice reach the clouds.
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4Hast thou not known these things of old, From the time that man was set upon the earth?
5But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, And the joy of transgressors is destruction:
— Job 20:6 —
7For when he shall seem to be now established, Then he shall utterly perish: And they that knew him shall say, Where is he?
8Like a dream that has fled away, he shall not be found; And he has fled like a vision of the night.