Job 20:8
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found; yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
7Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung; they that have seen him shall say: 'Where is he?'
9The eye which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
Cross References
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath assuaged.
Job 7:21And why dost Thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; and Thou wilt seek me, but I shall not be.
Job 27:21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; and it sweepeth him out of his place.
Psalms 73:20As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance.
Proverbs 10:25When the whirlwind passeth, the wicked is no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
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 →