Job 20:8

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Like a dream he flies away and is no more; he is chased away like a vision of the night.

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  • Ps 73:20 : 20 Like a dream when one awakes, so, Lord, when You arise, You will despise their image.
  • Ps 90:5 : 5 You sweep them away like a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that springs up in the morning—
  • Isa 29:7-8 : 7 And all the nations warring against Ariel, all who attack her and her defenses, those who bring her distress, will be like a dream, like a vision of the night. 8 It will be as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, but he wakes and is still hungry; or as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, but he wakes and is still faint and craving. So it will be with all the hordes of nations that fight against Mount Zion.
  • Job 18:18 : 18 He is driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world.
  • Job 27:21-23 : 21 The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. 22 It hurls itself against him without mercy; he flees desperately from its power. 23 It claps its hands at him and hisses at him as he is driven away from his place.
  • Ps 18:10 : 10 He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under His feet.

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    6Even if his greatness rises to the heavens and his head reaches to the clouds,

    7he will perish forever like his own waste; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'

  • Job 20:9
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    9The eye that saw him will see him no longer, and his place will behold him no more.

  • Job 18:15-20
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    15What does not belong to him will dwell in his tent; burning sulfur will be scattered over his dwelling.

    16His roots below will dry up, and his branches above will wither.

    17His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the public square.

    18He is driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world.

    19He has no offspring or posterity among his people, nor any survivor where he once lived.

    20Those who come after are appalled at his fate, and those before are seized with horror.

  • Ps 37:36
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    36Yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched for him, he could not be found.

  • Job 7:8-10
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    8The eye that now sees me will see me no longer; you will look for me, but I will be no more.

    9As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so one who goes down to the grave does not return.

    10He will never come back to his house; his place will know him no more.

  • Job 27:19-22
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    19The rich man lies down, but he will not be gathered; he opens his eyes, and he is no more.

    20Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a storm sweeps him away.

    21The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

    22It hurls itself against him without mercy; he flees desperately from its power.

  • Job 14:2
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    2He springs up like a flower and withers away; he flees like a shadow and does not endure.

  • Job 15:28-30
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    28he will dwell in desolated cities, in houses no one inhabits, destined to become ruins.

    29He will no longer be rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread out across the land.

    30He will not escape from darkness; a flame will dry up his branch, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away.

  • Ps 73:20
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    20Like a dream when one awakes, so, Lord, when You arise, You will despise their image.

  • Job 20:26-27
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    26Total darkness is hidden for his treasures; a fire not kindled by man will consume him and devour what remains in his tent.

    27The heavens will expose his guilt, and the earth will rise up against him.

  • Job 18:5-6
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    5Indeed, the light of the wicked will be extinguished, and the flame of his fire will not shine.

    6The light in his tent will grow dark, and the lamp above him will be extinguished.

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    19Though he blesses himself during his lifetime, and people praise you when you prosper,

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    20The womb forgets them; worms feast upon them; they are no longer remembered. Wickedness is broken like a tree.

  • Job 8:18
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    18But if they are uprooted from their place, that place will deny them, saying, 'I never saw you.'

  • Job 11:20
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    20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will vanish from them; their only hope is the exhalation of life.

  • Ps 58:8
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    8May they vanish like water that flows away; when they aim their arrows, may they be blunted.

  • Job 4:20
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    20From morning to evening they are broken to pieces; without anyone noticing, they perish forever.

  • Job 9:26
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    26They pass by like reed boats, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

  • Job 33:21
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    21Their flesh wastes away so that it can no longer be seen, and their bones, once hidden, now stick out.

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    14Flight will perish from the swift, the strong will not retain their strength, and the warrior will not save his life.

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    18They are like straw before the wind and like chaff carried away by a storm.

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    9They are joined to one another; they stick together and cannot be separated.

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    11Behold, He passes by me, and I do not see Him; He moves on, and I do not perceive Him.

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    4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

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    12so man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.

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    24Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze arrow will pierce him.

  • Job 20:20-21
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    20Because he knew no peace in his heart, he will not retain any of his treasures.

    21Nothing is left for him to consume; therefore, his prosperity will not last.

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    32He is carried to the graves, and a watch is kept over his tomb.

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    20You overpower him forever, and he departs; you change his face and send him away.

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    10The wicked will see it and be angry; they will gnash their teeth and melt away. The desires of the wicked will perish.

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    16The wind blows over it, and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.

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    18Swift upon the surface of the waters they are; their portion is cursed in the land; they do not turn to the way of the vineyards.