Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Even like a vision of the night he is
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.
Holman Bible
he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
International Standard Version
He'll vanish like a dream, and no one will find him; he will be chased away like a night vision."
A Conservative 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.
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.
Amplified
“He flies away like a dream and cannot be found;
Yes, he is chased away like 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.
Darby Translation
He flieth away as a dream, and is not found; and is chased away as a vision of the night.
Julia Smith Translation
As a dream he shall fly away, and they shall not find him: and he shall flee away as the vision of the night
King James 2000
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He will fly away like a dream, and they will not find him, and he will be chased away like a vision of [the] night.
Modern King James verseion
He flies away like a dream, and shall not be found, and shall be chased away like a vision of the night.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He vanisheth as a dream, so that he can no more be found, and passeth away as a vision in 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 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.
The Emphasized Bible
Like a dream, shall he fly away, and they shall not find him, yea he shall be chased away, as a vision of the night.
Webster
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 shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.
Youngs Literal Translation
As a dream he fleeth, and they find him not, And he is driven away as a vision of the night,
Themes
Dreams » Illustrative of » Prosperity of sinners
Oppression » Those that oppress the poor
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Interlinear
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Nadad
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 20:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Wicked Person's Joy Is Short, His Pain Long
7
yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung; those who have seen him shall say, What is become of him?
8
Even like a vision of the night he is
Cross References
Psalm 73:20
As the dream of one who awakes; so, O Lord, when thou shalt rise up, thou shalt despise their appearances.
Psalm 90:5
Thou dost cause them to pass by as the waters of a river; they are as a dream, which is strong in the morning like grass.
Isaiah 29:7-8
And the multitude of all the Gentiles that shall fight against Ariel, even all that shall fight against her and their siege weapons, and those that shall distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
Job 18:18
He shall be driven from the light into the darkness and chased out of the world.
Job 27:21-23
The east wind shall take him away, and he shall depart; the storm shall catch him up out of his place.
Psalm 18:10
And he rode upon a cherub and flew: yea, he flew upon the wings of the wind.