Job 7:8
Nor shall the sight of man behold me: thy eyes are upon me, and I shall be no more.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
7Remember that my life is but wind, and my eyes shall not return to see good things.
9As a cloud is consumed, and passeth away: so he that shall go down to hell shall not come up.
Cross References
Job 8:18If one swallow him up out of his place, he shall deny him, and shall say: I know thee not.
Job 14:3And dost thou think it meet to open thy eyes upon such an one, and to bring him into judgment with thee?
Job 20:8As a dream that fleeth away he shall not be found, he shall pass as a vision of the night:
Psalms 37:36And I passed by, and lo, he was not : and I sought him and his place was not found.
Psalms 90:8Thou hast set our iniquities before thy eyes: our life in the light of thy countenance.
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 →