Verse Comparison: Job 20:8
American Standard Version
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Amplified® Bible
He will fly away like a dream and will not be found; yes, he will be chased away as a vision of the night.
Contemporary English Version
They will be forgotten like a dream
Darby English Version
He flieth away as a dream, and is not found; and is chased away as a vision of the night.
Good News Bible
They will vanish like a dream, like a vision at night, and never be seen again.
King James Version
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
New American Standard Bible
"He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him; Even like a vision of the night he is chased away.
New International Version
Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found,
banished like a vision of the night.
New King James Version
He will fly away like a dream, and not be found;
Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him; Even like a vision of the night he has fled away.
Revised Standard Version
He will fly away like a dream, and not be found; he will be chased away like 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,