Job 7:9
The cloud consumeth and vanisheth away; so he that goeth down to Sheol shall not come up.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
8The eye of him that hath seen me shall behold me no [more]: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
10He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him again.
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:23But now he is dead, why should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.
Job 10:21Before I go, and never to return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Job 14:10But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?
Job 16:22For years [few] in number shall pass, and I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.
Job 37:11Also with plentiful moisture he loadeth the thick clouds, his light dispels the cloud;
Isaiah 26:14[They are] dead, they shall not live; deceased, they shall not rise: for thou hast visited and destroyed them, and made all memory of them to perish.
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 →