Job 20:8

He shall flee away as a dreame, and they shall not finde him, and shall passe away as a vision of the night,

Geneva Bible 1599

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 shall hee perish for euer, like his dung, and they which haue seene him, shall say, Where is hee?

9So that the eye which had seene him, shall do so no more, and his place shall see him no more.

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Cross References

Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the tree, that he had prepared for Mordecai: then was the Kings wrath pacified.

Job 7:21And why doest thou not pardon my trespasse? and take away mine iniquitie? for nowe shall I sleepe in the dust, and if thou seekest me in the morning, I shall not be found.

Job 27:21The East winde shall take him away, and he shall depart: and it shall hurle him out of his place.

Psalms 73:20As a dreame when one awaketh! O Lord, when thou raisest vs vp, thou shalt make their image despised.

Proverbs 10:25As the whirlewinde passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is as an euerlasting 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 →

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