Job 7:9
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
King James Version
In Context
8The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
10He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:23But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Job 10:21Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Job 14:10But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
Job 16:22When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
Job 37:11Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
Isaiah 26:14They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
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 →