Job 20:8

He shall fly away as a chalom, and shall not be found; 1 yea, he shall be chased away as a chezyon lailah. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

7Yet he shall perish lanetzach (forever) like his own dung; 1 they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? 1

9The ayin also which saw him shall see him no more; 1 neither shall his makom any more behold him. 1

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Cross References

Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on HaEtz that he had prepared for Mordechai. Then was the wrath of HaMelech pacified. + 7:10 Ps 24:10; Isa 53:11

Job 7:21And why dost Thou not pardon my peysha (transgression), 1 and take away my avon (iniquity)? 1 For now shall I sleep in the aphar; 1 and Thou shalt search for me, but I shall be no more.

Job 27:21The east wind carrieth him away, 1 and he departeth as a storm hurleth him forth from his makom. 1

Psalms 73:20As a chalom when one awaketh; 1 so, Adonoi, when Thou art aroused, + 73:20 in judgment Thou shalt despise their tzelem (shadowy form). 1

Proverbs 10:25As the whirlwind passeth, so is the rashah no more, 1 but the tzaddik is a yesod olam (an everlasting foundation). 1

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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