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Like a Fading Dream
Commentators unanimously highlight the verse's central image: the wicked person's existence will vanish as completely and suddenly as a dream upon waking. Just as a dream cannot be grasped or found again, the memory and influence of the wicked will be utterly gone.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 20:8
18th Century
Theologian
He shall fly away as a dream - As a dream wholly disappears or vanishes. This comparison of man with a dream is not uncommon, and i…
John Gill
On Job 20:8
17th Century
Pastor
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found
Either as a dream which is forgotten, as Nebuchadnezzar's was, …
Matthew Henry
On Job 20:1–9
17th Century
Minister
Zophar's discourse is about the certain misery of the wicked. The triumph of the wicked and the joy of the hypocrite are fleeting. The pleasures an…