Job 7:8
The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; while Thine eyes are upon me, I am gone.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
7O remember that my life is a breath; mine eye shall no more see good.
Cross References
Job 8:18If he be destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him: 'I have not seen thee.'
Job 14:3And dost Thou open Thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with Thee?
Job 20:8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found; yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Psalms 37:36But one passed by, and, lo, he was not; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Psalms 90:8Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, our secret sins 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 →