Job 7:9

As the cloud dissolveth and wasteth away, So he that goeth down to the grave shall arise no more;

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

In Context

8The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more; Thine eyes shall look for me, but I shall not be.

10No more shall he return to his house, And his dwelling-place shall know him no more.

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Cross References

Job 10:21Before I go— whence I shall not return—To the land of darkness and death-shade,

Job 14:10But man dieth, and he is gone! Man expireth, and where is he?

Job 16:22For when a few years shall have passed, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

Job 37:11Yea, with moisture he burdeneth the clouds; He spreadeth abroad his lightning-clouds.

Isaiah 26:14They are dead, they shall not live; They are shades, they shall not rise. For thou hast visited and destroyed them, And caused all the memory of them 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 →

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