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Job 20:7–9

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7he will vanish forever like his own dung.

Those who know nhim will ask, “Where is he?” o

8He will fly away like a dream and never be found;

he will be chased away like a vision in the night. p

9The eye that saw him will see him no more, q

and his household will no longer see him. r

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Footnotes

  1. n20:7 have seen

Cross references

  1. o20:7 Jb 4:20; Ps 90:5–6; Jms 4:14
  2. p20:8 Ps 73:20; 90:5; Is 29:7
  3. q20:9 Jb 7:8, 21; Ps 37:36
  4. r20:9 Jb 7:10; 8:18; Ps 103:16

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

he will perish forever like his own dung;

those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

He will fly away like a dream and not be found;

he will be chased away like a vision of the night.

The eye that saw him will see him no more,

nor will his place any more behold him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

he will perish forever, like his own dung;

those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found,

banished like a vision of the night.

The eye that saw him will not see him again;

his place will look on him no more.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

he will vanish forever like his own dung.

Those who know him will ask, “Where is he?”

He will fly away like a dream and never be found;

he will be chased away like a vision in the night.

The eye that saw him will see him no more,

and his household will no longer see him.

NLTNew Living Translation

yet they will vanish forever,

thrown away like their own dung.

Those who knew them will ask,

‘Where are they?’

They will fade like a dream and not be found.

They will vanish like a vision in the night.

Those who once saw them will see them no more.

Their families will never see them again.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

he will perish forever like his dung;

those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

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.

The eye that saw him will not see him again,

and his place will no longer behold him.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.