Job 20:8

"yet he will perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’"

Key Reflection

This verse starkly portrays the eternal fate of the wicked as utter destruction and non-existence. It suggests that despite their temporary appearance or influence, the wicked will ultimately vanish completely, leaving no trace behind, much like rotting dung.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

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 is most impressive. SeePsalms 73:20; see the notes atIsaiah 29:7-8. As a vision of the night -As when one in a dream seems to see objects which vanish when he awakes. The parallelism requires us to understand this of what appears in a dream, and not of a spectre. In our dreams we “seem” to see objects, and when we awake they vanish.

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