Job 8:18
But when men destroy him from his place, then will it deny him, saying, I have never seen thee.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
In Context
17His roots are twisted about a stoneheap, he selecteth [for himself] a place of stones.
19Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the [same] dust others will grow up.
Cross References
Job 7:10He will return no more to his house, and his place will not recognize him any more.
Psalms 37:10For yet but for a little while, and the wicked shall be no more: yea, thou wilt look carefully at his place, and he shall not be there.
Psalms 73:18Surely thou placest them on slippery spots: thou lettest them fall down into destruction.
Matthew Henry on Job 8:9-20
8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? 11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? 12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. 13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:… Read the whole commentary →