Job 20:6
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6 Even though they mount up high as the heavens
and their head reaches to the clouds,(A)
Obadiah 3-4
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3 Your proud heart has deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rock,[a]
whose dwelling is in the heights.
You say in your heart,
“Who will bring me down to the ground?”(A)
4 Though you soar aloft like the eagle,
though your nest is set among the stars,
from there I will bring you down,
says the Lord.(B)
Notas al pie
- 3 Or clefts of Sela
Isaiah 14:13-14
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13 You said to yourself,
“I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne
above the stars of God;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
on the heights of Zaphon;[a](A)
14 I will ascend to the tops of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.”(B)
Notas al pie
- 14.13 Or assembly in the far north
Genesis 11:4
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4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.”(A)
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Matthew 11:23
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23 And you, Capernaum,
will you be exalted to heaven?
No, you will be brought down to Hades.
“For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.(A)
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Amos 9:2
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2 Though they dig into Sheol,
from there shall my hand take them;
though they climb up to heaven,
from there I will bring them down.(A)
Daniel 4:22
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22 it is you, O king! You have grown great and strong. Your greatness has increased and reaches to heaven, and your sovereignty to the ends of the earth.(A)
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Daniel 4:11
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11 The tree grew great and strong,
its top reached to heaven,
and it was visible to the ends of the whole earth.
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