Job 20:8

Modern

He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.

Traditional

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

Literal

Like a dream he will fly away and they will not find him; indeed he will be made to wander like a vision of the night.

Latin

Velut somnium avolans non invenietur: transiet sicut visio nocturna.

Hebrew

English

He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.

Psalm 90:5
You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
Psalm 73:20
Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
Isaiah 29:7–8
All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel—even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her—will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,
Job 18:18
He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
Psalm 18:10
He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
Job 27:21–23
The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.