Job 20:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.”
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“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 · Public Domain (CC0)“He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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 · Public Domain“As a dream he fleeth, and they find him not, And he is driven away as a vision of the night,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 20:8 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
- Job 7:8The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
- Job 7:21Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
- Job 18:18He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
- Job 27:21The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
- Psalms 18:10He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
- Psalms 73:20Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
- Psalms 90:5You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
- Proverbs 10:25When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.
- Isaiah 29:7All 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,
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).