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He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found Either as a dream which is forgotten, as Nebuchadnezzar's was, …
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
After Zophar heard Job’s opinion about the hope of a future life, he seems to have acquiesced, contradicting nothing in his third response. Yet the…
