Job 20:8 “He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased aw…”

Job 20:8

He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

He flieth away as a dream, and is not found; and is chased away as 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,

Bible in Basic English

He is gone like a dream, and is not seen again; he goes in flight like a vision of the night.

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Cross references

“fly away”

Psalm 90:5 Psalm 73:20 Psalm 18:10 Isaiah 29:7 Isaiah 29:8

Psalm 90:5 · BSB

You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—

Psalm 73:20 · BSB

Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.

Psalm 18:10 · BSB

He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

Isaiah 29:7 · BSB

All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel— even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her— will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,

Isaiah 29:8 · BSB

as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion…

Also

Job 18:18 Job 27:21–23

Job 18:18 · BSB

He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.

Job 27:21–23 · BSB

The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’

9The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.

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