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Job 20:8

Job 20:8
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found,.... Either as a dream which is forgotten, as Nebuchadnezzar's was,…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

He shall fly away as a dream - As a dream wholly disappears or vanishes. This comparison of man with a dream is not…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 20:1-9

Here, I. Zophar begins very passionately, and seems to be in a great heat at what Job had said. Being resolved to…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

as a dream Comp. Psa 73:20, "As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest thou shalt despise their image";…

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