Job 20:8 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
As a dream he fleeth, and they find him not, And he is driven away as a vision of the night,
English ASV
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
English Amplified
He will fly away like a dream and will not be found; yes, he will be chased away as a vision of the night.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
He will fly away like a dream and will not be found; yes, he will be chased away as a vision of the night.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
He will fly away like a dream and never be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
He flieth away as a dream, and is not found; and is chased away as a vision of the night.
English EASY 2024
He will disappear like a dream that quickly goes away. Nobody can find him any more.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
Like a dream, he will fly away, never to be found. He will be chased away like a bad dream.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
He will fly away like a dream and not be found; he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
They will vanish like a dream, like a vision at night, and never be seen again.
English God's Word - GW 1995
He will fly away like a dream and not be found. He will be chased away like a vision in the night.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
He will fly away like a dream and never be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
English KJV 1611
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
English LSB
He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him; Even like a vision of the night he is chased away.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
He will fly away like a dream and will not be found; yes, he will be chased away as a vision of the night.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him; Even like a vision of the night he is chased away.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Like a dream he takes flight and is not found again; he fades away like a vision of the night.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
Like a dream he flies away, never again to be found, and like a vision of the night he is put to flight.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Like a dream they will fly away. They will never be seen again. They will be driven away like visions in the night.
English NIV
Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found, banished like a vision of the night.
English NKJ 1982
He will fly away like a dream, and not be found; Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
English NLT
He will fade like a dream and not be found. He will vanish like a vision in the night.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
They will fly away like a dream, and not be found; they will be chased away like a vision of the night.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
He will fly away like a dream, and not be found; he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
He will fade like a dream.
English Tyndale 1537
He vanisheth as a dream, so that he can no more be found, and passeth away as a vision in the night.