Job 20:9
The eyes that had seen him, shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more behold him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
8As a dream that fleeth away he shall not be found, he shall pass as a vision of the night:
10His children shall be oppressed with want, and his hands shall render him his sorrow.
Cross References
Job 7:8Nor shall the sight of man behold me: thy eyes are upon me, and I shall be no more.
Job 8:18If one swallow him up out of his place, he shall deny him, and shall say: I know thee not.
Job 27:3As long as breath remaineth in me, and the spirit of God in my nostrils,
Psalms 37:36And I passed by, and lo, he was not : and I sought him and his place was not found.
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 →