Job 20:8

Job 20:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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 International Version (NIV)Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found, banished like a vision of the night.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He will fly away like a dream and not be found; he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He will fly away like a dream, and not be found; Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.

Context of Job 20:8

6Though his pride reaches the heavens And his head touches the clouds, 7Yet he perishes forever like his own refuse; Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’ He flies away like a dream and cannot be found; Yes, he is chased away like a vision of the night. 9The eye which saw him sees him no longer, Neither does his [accustomed] place behold him any longer. 10His sons favor the poor [and pay his obligations], And his hands give back his [ill-gotten] wealth.

Job 20:8 word by word

כַּחֲל֣וֹם יָ֭עוּף וְלֹ֣א יִמְצָא֑וּהוּ וְ֝יֻדַּ֗ד כְּחֶזְי֥וֹן לָֽיְלָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He shall fly awayעוּף‛ûph · to flyH5774
• as a dreamחֲלוֹםchălôm chălôm · dreamH2472
• and shall not be foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• yea, he shall be chased awayנָדַדnâdad · to wanderH5074
• as a visionחִזָּיוֹןchizzâyôn · visionH2384
• of the nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915

Cross-references for Job 20:8

• Psalms 73:20Like a dream [which seems real] until one awakens, O Lord, when stirred, [You observe the wicked], You will despise their image.
• Psalms 18:10And He rode upon a cherub (storm) and flew; And He sped on the wings of the wind.
• Psalms 90:5You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep [forgotten as soon as they are gone]; In the morning they are like grass which grows anew—
• Isaiah 29:7And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel (Jerusalem), Even all who fight against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, Will be like a dream, a vision of the night.

Commentaries on Job 20:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8He shall fly away as a dream - Instead of rising again from corruption, as thou hast asserted, ( Job 19:26;), with a new body, his flesh shall rot in the earth, and his spirit be dissipated like a vapor; and, like a vision of the night, nothing shall remain but the bare impression that such a creature had once existed, but shall appear no more for ever.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8He shall fly away as a dream - As a dream wholly disappears or vanishes. This comparison of man with a dream is not uncommon, and is most impressive. See Psalm 73:20; see the notes at Isaiah 29:7-8. As a vision of the night - As when one in a dream seems to see objects which vanish when he awakes. The parallelism requires us to understand this of what appears in a dream, and not of a spectre. In our dreams we “seem” to see objects, and when we awake they…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. (Psa 73:20).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 20:8

• Death
• Dream
• Hypocrisy
• Wicked (People)
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Rain
• Short
• Fly
• Zophar

Commentaries on Job 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings