Job 20:8

Like a dream that has fled away, he shall not be found; and he has fled like a vision of the night.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

In Context

7For when he shall seem to be now established, then he shall utterly perish: and they that knew him shall say, Where is he?

9The eye has looked upon him, but shall not see him again; and his place shall no longer perceive him.

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Cross References

Job 7:21Why hast thou not forgotten my iniquity, and purged my sin? but now I shall depart to the earth; and in the morning, I am no more.

Job 27:21And a burning wind shall catch him, and he shall depart, and it shall utterly drive him out of his place.

Psalms 73:20Look upon thy covenant: for the dark places of the earth are filled with the habitations of iniquity.

Proverbs 10:25When the storm passes by, the ungodly vanishes away; but the righteous turns aside and escapes for ever.

Matthew Henry on Job 20:2-10

Second Address of Zophar; Destruction of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. 3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. 4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? 6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto… Read the whole commentary →

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