Job 20:7–9
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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.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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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.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
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.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
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.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
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.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
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.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
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.
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