Job 7:8
Those watching me won't see me anymore; your eyes will be looking for me, but I will be gone.
Free Bible Version
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 just a breath; I will not see happiness again.
9When a cloud disappears, it's gone, just as anyone who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
Cross References
Job 8:18But when it's cut down, the place where it was disowns it, saying, ‘I never even saw you.’
Job 14:3Do you even notice me, God, and why do you have to drag me to court?
Job 20:8They will vanish like a dream, never to be found, fleeing like a vision of the night.
Psalms 37:36But when I passed that way the next time, they were gone. I searched for them but couldn't find them.
Psalms 90:8You have set out our sins before you—our secret sins are visible 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 →