King James Version
Job 20:8 in the King James Version says “He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.” — study this verse from Job chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.”
Job 20:8 · KJV
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; clouds: Heb. cloud
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. His children: or, The poor shall oppress his children
KJV Study — Public Domain
“He shall fly away”
H5774to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and shall not be found”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
“yea he shall be chased away”
H5074properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
“of the night”
H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
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