Job 7:8
The eye of my beholder does not behold me. Your eyes [are] on me—and I am not.
Literal Standard 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] a breath, || My eye does not turn back to see good.
9A cloud has been consumed, and it goes, || So he who is going down to Sheol does not come up.
Cross References
Job 8:18If [one] destroys him from his place, || Then it has feigned concerning him, || I have not seen you!
Job 14:3Also—on this You have opened Your eyes, and bring me into judgment with You.
Job 20:8He flees as a dream, and they do not find him, || And he is driven away as a vision of the night,
Psalms 37:36And he passes away, and behold, he is not, || And I seek him, and he is not found!
Psalms 90:8You have set our iniquities before You, || Our hidden things at the light of Your face,
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 →