Job 20:9
The eye which saw him sees him no longer; and his place has no more knowledge of him.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
In Context
8He is gone like a dream, and is not seen again; he goes in flight like a vision of the night.
10His children are hoping that the poor will be kind to them, and his hands give back his wealth.
Cross References
Job 7:8The eye of him who sees me will see me no longer: your eyes will be looking for me, but I will be gone.
Job 8:18If he is taken away from his place, then it will say, I have not seen you.
Job 27:3(For all my breath is still in me, and the spirit of God is my life;)
Psalms 37:36But he came to an end, and there was no sign of him; I made a search for him and he was not there.
Matthew Henry on Job 20:2-10
Second Address of Zophar; Destruction of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. 3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. 4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? 6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto… Read the whole commentary →