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

6Even though his stature reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds, 7he will perish forever, like his own excrement; those who used to see him will say, ‘Where is he?’ Like a dream he flies away, never again to be found, and like a vision of the night he is put to flight. 9People who had seen him will not see him again, and the place where he was will recognize him no longer. 10His sons must recompense the poor; his own hands must return his 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 73:20They are like a dream after one wakes up. O Lord, when you awake you will despise them.
• Psalms 18:10He mounted a winged angel and flew; he glided on the wings of the wind.
• Psalms 90:5You bring their lives to an end and they “fall asleep.” In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up;
• Isaiah 29:7It will be like a dream, a night vision. There will be a horde from all the nations that fight against Ariel, those who attack her and her stronghold and besiege her.

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