Job 7:8
The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
Berean Standard Bible
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 a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
9As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
Cross References
Job 8:18If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
Job 14:3Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
Job 20:8He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
Psalms 37:36yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.
Psalms 90:8You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
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 →