KJV King James Version
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds! I will make myself like the Most High!”
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.
I go up above the heights of a thick cloud, I am like to the Most High.
11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, [and] the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! [how] art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, [and] consider thee, [saying, Is] this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17 [That] made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; [that] opened not the house of his prisoners?
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