Key Verse Spotlight
Job 20:8 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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}
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