Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found, banished like a vision of the night. New Living Translation They will fade like a dream and not be found. They will vanish like a vision in the night. English Standard Version He will fly away like a dream and not be found; he will be chased away like a vision of the night. Berean Standard Bible He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night. King James Bible He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. New King James Version He will fly away like a dream, and not be found; Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night. New American Standard Bible “He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him; Like a vision of the night he is chased away. NASB 1995 “He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him; Even like a vision of the night he is chased away. NASB 1977 “He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him; Even like a vision of the night he is chased away. Legacy Standard Bible He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him; Even like a vision of the night he is chased away. Amplified Bible “He flies away like a dream and cannot be found; Yes, he is chased away like a vision of the night. Christian Standard Bible He will fly away like a dream and never be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night. Holman Christian Standard Bible He will fly away like a dream and never be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night. American Standard 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And like a dream he will fly and will not be found, and he will flee as a vision of the night Brenton Septuagint Translation Like a dream that has fled away, he shall not be found; and he has fled like a vision of the night. Contemporary English Version They will be forgotten like a dream Douay-Rheims Bible As a dream that fleeth away he shall not be found, he shall pass as a vision of the night: English Revised 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation He will fly away like a dream and not be found. He will be chased away like a vision in the night. Good News Translation They will vanish like a dream, like a vision at night, and never be seen again. International Standard Version He'll vanish like a dream, and no one will find him; he will be chased away like a night vision." JPS Tanakh 1917 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found; Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. Literal Standard Version He flees as a dream, and they do not find him, | And he is driven away as a vision of the night, Majority Standard Bible He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night. New American Bible Like a dream he takes flight and cannot be found; he fades away like a vision of the night. NET Bible Like a dream he flies away, never again to be found, and like a vision of the night he is put to flight. New Revised Standard Version They will fly away like a dream, and not be found; they will be chased away like a vision of the night. New Heart English Bible He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night. Webster's Bible Translation He shall fly away as a dream, and will not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. World English Bible He will fly away as a dream, and will not be found. Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night. Young's Literal Translation As a dream he fleeth, and they find him not, And he is driven away as a vision of the night, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked…7he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’ 8He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night. 9The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.… Cross References Job 18:11 Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step. Job 18:18 He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world. Job 27:20 Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night. Job 27:21 The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. Job 27:23 It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place. Psalm 73:20 Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form. Psalm 90:5 You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning-- Treasury of Scripture He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yes, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. fly away Psalm 73:20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. Psalm 18:10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. Psalm 90:5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. Jump to Previous Banished Chased Dream Driven Find Fleeth Flies Flieth Flight Fly Found Goes Night VisionJump to Next Banished Chased Dream Driven Find Fleeth Flies Flieth Flight Fly Found Goes Night VisionJob 20 1. Zophar shows the state and portion of the wickedVerse 8. - He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found; i.e. "as a dream flies, when one awaketh" (see Psalm 73:20; Isaiah 29:7, 8). Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. A "vision of the night" is perhaps something more than a "dream;" but it is equally fugitive, equally unstable-with morning it wholly vanishes away. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He will fly awayיָ֭עוּף (yā·‘ūp̄) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5774: To fly, to faint like a dream, כַּחֲל֣וֹם (ka·ḥă·lō·wm) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2472: A dream never וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no to be found; יִמְצָא֑וּהוּ (yim·ṣā·’ū·hū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present he will be chased away וְ֝יֻדַּ֗ד (wə·yud·daḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hofal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5074: To wave to and fro, to rove, flee, to drive away like a vision כְּחֶזְי֥וֹן (kə·ḥez·yō·wn) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2384: A revelation, dream in the night. לָֽיְלָה׃ (lā·yə·lāh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity Links Job 20:8 NIVJob 20:8 NLT Job 20:8 ESV Job 20:8 NASB Job 20:8 KJV Job 20:8 BibleApps.com Job 20:8 Biblia Paralela Job 20:8 Chinese Bible Job 20:8 French Bible Job 20:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 20:8 He shall fly away as a dream (Jb) |
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