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Though he grow as tall as the sky,
    or though his head touches the clouds,
he’ll perish forever, like his own excrement;
    those who saw him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
He’ll vanish[a] like a dream, and no one will find him;
    he will be chased away like a night vision.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 20:8 Lit. He’ll fly away

Though the pride(A) of the godless person reaches to the heavens(B)
    and his head touches the clouds,(C)
he will perish forever,(D) like his own dung;
    those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’(E)
Like a dream(F) he flies away,(G) no more to be found,
    banished(H) like a vision of the night.(I)

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