Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?' 8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night. 9 The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more see him.
Cross References
Psalm 73:20
As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
Psalm 90:5
You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass.
Isaiah 29:7-8
The multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all who fight against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, will be like a dream, a vision of the night.
Job 18:18
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Job 27:21-23
The east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place.
Psalm 18:10
He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.