Job 20:8

He will fly away like a dream and will not be found; 1 indeed, he will be chased away like a vision of the night. 1

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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 such a person will perish permanently like his own feces; 1 those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?' 1

9The eye that saw him will see him no more; 1 his place will see him no longer. 1

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Cross References

Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's rage died down.

Job 7:21Why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? 1 For now will I lie down in the dust; 1 you will seek me carefully, but I will not exist.”

Job 27:21The east wind carries him away, and he leaves; 1 it sweeps him out of his place. 1

Psalms 73:20They are like a dream after one wakes up; 2 Lord, when you arise, you will think nothing of those dreams. 1

Proverbs 10:25The wicked are like the storm that passes by, and they are no more, 1 but the righteous person is a foundation that lasts forever. 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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