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Job 20:8

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him; Even like a vision of the night he is chased away.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— 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 (ASV 1901) [2]
— He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— He shall fly away as a dream, and will not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— He flieth away as a dream, and is not found; and is chased away as a vision of the night.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— 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.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— As a dream he fleeth, and they find him not, And he is driven away as a vision of the night,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— As a dream that fleeth away he shall not be found, he shall pass as a vision of the night:
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— He shal flee away as a dreame, and they shal not finde him, and shall passe away as a vision of the night,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— He shall flie away as a dreame, and shall not be found: yea he shalbe chased away as a vision of the night.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— He shall fly away like a dream, and shall not be found; yea, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Like a dream that has fled away, he shall not be found; and he has fled like a vision of the night.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
He shall fly away 5774
{5774} Prime
עוּף
`uwph
{oof}
A primitive root; to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from H5775) to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
as a dream, 2472
{2472} Prime
חֲלוֹם
chalowm
{khal-ome'}
From H2492; a dream.
and shall not x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
be found: 4672
{4672} Prime
מָצָא
matsa'
{maw-tsaw'}
A primitive root; properly to come forth to, that is, appear or exist; transitively to attain, that is, find or acquire; figuratively to occur, meet or be present.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
yea, he shall be chased away 5074
{5074} Prime
נָדַד
nadad
{naw-dad'}
A primitive root; properly to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away.
z8714
<8714> Grammar
Stem - Hophal (See H8825)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 178
as a vision 2384
{2384} Prime
חִזָּיוֹן
chizzayown
{khiz-zaw-yone'}
From H2372; a revelation, especially by dream.
of the night. 3915
{3915} Prime
לַיִל
layil
{lah'-yil}
From the same as H3883; properly a twist (away of the light), that is, night; figuratively adversity.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Job 20:8

_ _ (Psalms 73:20).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 20:1-9.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
fly away:

Psalms 73:20 As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
Psalms 18:10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Psalms 90:5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning [they are] like grass [which] groweth up.
Isaiah 29:7-8 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. ... It shall even be as when an hungry [man] dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, [he is] faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
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Ps 18:10; 73:20; 90:5. Is 29:7.

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