Genesis 11:4
New American Standard Bible 1995
4 They said, “Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top (A)will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves (B)a name, otherwise we (C)will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”
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Job 20:6
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Footnotes
- Job 20:6 Lit goes up to
Psalm 139:8-10
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8 (A)If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in [a]Sheol, behold, (B)You are there.
9 If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
10 Even there Your hand will (C)lead me,
And Your right hand will lay hold of me.
Footnotes
- Psalm 139:8 I.e. the nether world
Isaiah 14:12-14
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12 “How you have (A)fallen from heaven,
O [a](B)star of the morning, son of the dawn!
You have been cut down to the earth,
You who have weakened the nations!
13 “But you said in your heart,
‘I will (C)ascend to heaven;
I will (D)raise my throne above the stars of God,
And I will sit on the mount of assembly
In the recesses of the north.
14 ‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
(E)I will make myself like the Most High.’
Footnotes
- Isaiah 14:12 Heb Helel; i.e. shining one
Jeremiah 49:16
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16 “As for the terror of you,
The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
O you who live in the clefts of [a]the (A)rock,
Who occupy the height of the hill.
Though you make your nest as (B)high as an eagle’s,
I will (C)bring you down from there,” declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 49:16 Or Sela
Amos 9:2
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2 “Though they dig into (A)Sheol,
From there will My hand take them;
And though they (B)ascend to heaven,
From there will I bring them down.
Obadiah 4
New American Standard Bible 1995
4 “Though you (A)build high like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the (B)stars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.
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