Job 20:8
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עוּף
ʻûwph
to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
רָדַף
râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
חָזוֹן
châzôwn
a sight (mentally), i.e. a dream, revelation, or oracle
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Key Terms in This Verse
רָדַף râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
Study H7291 →עוּף ʻûwph
to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
Study H5774 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →Cross References
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
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