Job 20:8
He will fly away as a dream, and will not be found. Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
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7yet he will perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
9The eye which saw him will see him no more, neither will his place see him any more.
Cross References
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.
Job 7:21Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now will I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I will not be.”
Job 27:21The east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place.
Psalms 73:20As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
Proverbs 10:25When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.
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 →