Job 7:9
As a cloud is consumed, and passeth away: so he that shall go down to hell shall not come up.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
8Nor shall the sight of man behold me: thy eyes are upon me, and I shall be no more.
10Nor shall he return my more into his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:23But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Shall I be able to bring him back any more? I shall go to him rather: but he shall not return to me.
Job 10:21Before I go, and return no more, to a land that is dark and covered with the mist of death:
Job 14:10But man when he shall be dead, and stripped and consumed, I pray you where is he?
Job 16:22And O that a man might so be judged with God, as the son of man is judged with his companion!
Job 37:11Corn desireth clouds, and the clouds spread their light :
Isaiah 26:14Let not the dead live, let not the giants rise again: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and best destroyed all their memory.
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 →