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he is destined to perish forever like his own dung,[a]
    and those who used to see him will ask:
    ‘Where is he?’
He will fade away like a dream and never be found again;
    he will vanish like a vision of the night.
The eyes that saw him will see him no more,
    and his dwelling will not behold him any longer.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 20:7 Dung: a symbol of everything that is ephemeral and without value (see 1 Ki 14:10).