8Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found, banished like a vision of the night.


In Context

5 that the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

6 Though his pride reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds,

7 he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'

8 Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found, banished like a vision of the night.

9 The eye that saw him will not see him again; his place will look on him no more.

10 His children must make amends to the poor; his own hands must give back his wealth.

Job 20:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:8As a dream that fleeth away he shall not be found, he shall pass as a vision of the night:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:8He flieth away as a dream, and is not found; and is chased away as a vision of the night.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:8He shall fly away as a dream, and will not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:8As a dream he fleeth, and they find him not, And he is driven away as a vision of the night,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yes, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.