Job 7:9
A cloud comes to an end and is gone; so he who goes down into the underworld comes not up again.
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
10He will not come back to his house, and his place will have no more knowledge of him.
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:23But now that the child is dead there is no reason for me to go without food; am I able to make him come back to life? I will go to him, but he will never come back to me.
Job 10:21Before I go to the place from which I will not come back, to the land where all is dark and black,
Job 14:10But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?
Job 16:22For in a short time I will take the journey from which I will not come back.
Job 37:11The thick cloud is weighted with thunder-flame, and the cloud sends out its light;
Isaiah 26:14The dead will not come back to life: their spirits will not come back to earth; for this cause you have sent destruction on them, so that the memory of them is dead.
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 →