King James Version

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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כַּחֲל֣וֹםkachalomas dreamחֲלוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as dream”, the ordinary formH2472a dreamdream(-er).יָ֭עוּףyaufflyעוּףverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “fly”, an unfinished actionH5774to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)brandish, be (wax) faint, flee away, fly (away), [idiom] set, shine forth, weary.וְלֹ֣אveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יִמְצָא֑וּהוּyimtsauhvcomeמָצָאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “come”, an unfinished actionH4672properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present[phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with)…וְ֝יֻדַּ֗דveyudadand fleeנָדַדconjunction, verb, hophal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and flee”, an unfinished actionH5074properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive awaychase (away), [idiom] could not, depart, flee ([idiom] apace, away), (re-) move, thrust away, wander (abroad, -er, -ing).כְּחֶזְי֥וֹןkechezyonas visionחִזָּיוֹןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “as vision”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2384a revelation, expectation by dreamvision.לָֽיְלָהlayelahnightלַיִלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “night”, the ordinary formH3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity(mid-)night (season).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

As a dream he fleeth, and they find him not, And he is driven away as a vision of the night,

World English Bible

He will fly away as a dream, and will not be found. Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.

Darby Translation

He flieth away as a dream, and is not found; and is chased away as a vision of the night.

Douay-Rheims

As a dream that fleeth away he shall not be found, he shall pass as a vision of the night:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Like a dream that has fled away, he shall not be found; and he has fled like a vision of the night.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὥσπερ ἐνύπνιον ἐκπετασθὲν οὐ μὴ εὑρεθῇ, ἔπτη δὲ ὥσπερ φάσμα νυκτερινόν.