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Job 20:8
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KJ21
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found; yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
ASV
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
AMP
“He flies away like a dream and cannot be found; Yes, he is chased away like a vision of the night.
AMPC
He will fly away like a dream and will not be found; yes, he will be chased away as a vision of the night.
BRG
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
CSB
He will fly away like a dream and never be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
CSBA
He will fly away like a dream and never be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
CEB
They will disappear like a dream, and none will find them, carried away like a nighttime vision.
CJB
Like a dream he flies off and is not found again; like a vision in the night he is chased away.
CEV
They will be forgotten like a dream
DARBY
He flieth away as a dream, and is not found; and is chased away as a vision of the night.
DRA
As a dream that fleeth away he shall not be found, he shall pass as a vision of the night:
ERV
Like a dream, he will fly away, never to be found. He will be chased away like a bad dream.
EASY
He will disappear like a dream that quickly goes away. Nobody can find him any more.
EHV
Like a dream, he flies away, and he cannot be found. Like a vision during the night, he flutters away.
ESV
He will fly away like a dream and not be found; he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
ESVUK
He will fly away like a dream and not be found; he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
EXB
They will fly away like a dream and not be found again; they will be ·chased away [put to flight] like a vision in the night.
GNV
He shall flee away as a dream, and they shall not find him, and shall pass away as a vision of the night.
GW
He will fly away like a dream and not be found. He will be chased away like a vision in the night.
GNT
They will vanish like a dream, like a vision at night, and never be seen again.
HCSB
He will fly away like a dream and never be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
ICB
He will fly away like a dream. He will not be found again. He will be chased away like a vision in the night.
ISV
He’ll vanish like a dream, and no one will find him; he will be chased away like a night vision.”
JUB
He shall fly away as a dream and shall not be found: yea, he shall flee away as a vision of the night.
KJV
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
AKJV
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
LSB
He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him; Even like a vision of the night he is chased away.
LEB
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.
TLB
He will fade like a dream.
MSG
“Don’t you even know the basics, how things have been since the earliest days, when Adam and Eve were first placed on earth? The good times of the wicked are short-lived; godless joy is only momentary. The evil might become world famous, strutting at the head of the celebrity parade, But still end up in a pile of dung. Acquaintances look at them with disgust and say, ‘What’s that?’ They fly off like a dream that can’t be remembered, like a shadowy illusion that vanishes in the light. Though once notorious public figures, now they’re nobodies, unnoticed, whether they come or go. Their children will go begging on skid row, and they’ll have to give back their ill-gotten gain. Right in the prime of life, and youthful and vigorous, they’ll die.
MEV
He will fly away like a dream and will not be found; yes, he will be chased away as a vision of the night.
NOG
He will fly away like a dream and not be found. He will be chased away like a vision in the night.
NABRE
Like a dream he takes flight and cannot be found; he fades away like a vision of the night.
NASB
He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him; Like a vision of the night he is chased away.
NASB1995
“He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him; Even like a vision of the night he is chased away.
NCB
He will fade away like a dream and never be found again; he will vanish like a vision of the night.
NCV
They will fly away like a dream and not be found again; they will be chased away like a vision in the night.
NET
Like a dream he flies away, never again to be found, and like a vision of the night he is put to flight.
NIRV
Like a dream they will fly away. They will never be seen again. They will be driven away like visions in the night.
NIV
Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found, banished like a vision of the night.
NIVUK
Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found, banished like a vision of the night.
NKJV
He will fly away like a dream, and not be found; Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
NLV
He will fly away like a dream, and not be found. He will be driven away like a dream of the night.
NLT
They will fade like a dream and not be found. They will vanish like a vision in the night.
NRSVA
They will fly away like a dream, and not be found; they will be chased away like a vision of the night.
NRSVACE
They will fly away like a dream, and not be found; they will be chased away like a vision of the night.
NRSVCE
They will fly away like a dream, and not be found; they will be chased away like a vision of the night.
NRSVUE
They will fly away like a dream and not be found; they will be chased away like a vision of the night.
OJB
He shall fly away as a chalom, and shall not be found; yea, he shall be chased away as a chezyon lailah.
RGT
“He shall flee away as a dream and they shall not find him, and shall pass away as a vision of the night,
RSV
He will fly away like a dream, and not be found; he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
RSVCE
He will fly away like a dream, and not be found; he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
TLV
Like a dream, he flies away and they cannot find him; like a vision of the night, he is chased away.
VOICE
Like a dream, he flies off where no one can find him; he is chased away only to vanish into the air like a vision of the night.
WEB
He will fly away as a dream, and will not be found. Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
WYC
As a dream flying away, or soon forgotten, he shall not be found; he shall pass as the sight of nights. (Like a dream flying away, or soon forgotten, he shall not be found; he shall pass away like a vision in the night.)
YLT
As a dream he fleeth, and they find him not, And he is driven away as a vision of the night,
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