Job 20:8

“He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found, etc.] Either as a dream which is forgotten, as Nebuchadnezzar’s was, and cannot be recovered; or as the matter and substance of a dream, which, though remembered, is a mere illusion; as when a hungry or thirsty man dreams he eats or drinks, but, awaking, finds himself empty, and not at all refreshed; what he fancied is fled and gone f777, and indeed never had any existence but in his imagination, (<232908>Isaiah 29:8); yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night; either the same as a nocturnal dream, or what a man fancies he sees in his dream; or like a mere spectre or apparition, which is a mere phantom, and, when followed and…”

“(Psa 73:20).”

“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. See Psalms 73:20; see the notes at Isaiah 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. return to 'Top of Page'”

“fly away: Psa 73:20, Psa 18:10, Psa 90:5; Isa 29:7, Isa 29:8 Job 20:9”