Job 7:8
The eye of him who sees me will see me no longer: your eyes will be looking for me, but I will be gone.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
In Context
7O, keep in mind that my life is wind: my eye will never again see good.
9A cloud comes to an end and is gone; so he who goes down into the underworld comes not up again.
Cross References
Job 8:18If he is taken away from his place, then it will say, I have not seen you.
Job 14:3Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?
Job 20:8He is gone like a dream, and is not seen again; he goes in flight like a vision of the night.
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.
Psalms 90:8You have put our evil doings before you, our secret sins in the light of your face.
Matthew Henry on Job 7:8-17
7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. 8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. 12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou… Read the whole commentary →