Job 7:9

Like the anan that fades and vanisheth away, 1 so he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more. 1

Orthodox Jewish 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 ayin (eye) of him that hath seen me shall see me no longer; 1 thine eyes are upon me, and I am no more. 1

10He shall return no more to his bais, 1 neither shall his makom know him any more. 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 12:23But now he is met (dead), why should I undergo a tzom? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

Job 10:21Before I go from where I shall not return, 1 even to the Eretz Choshech V'Tzalmavet, 1

Job 14:10But gever dieth, and wasteth away; 1 yea, adam breathes his last, and where is he? 1

Job 16:22When a few shanot are come, 1 then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

Job 37:11Also by watering He loadeth the thick cloud; 1 He scattereth the anan of His ohr (lightning), 1

Isaiah 26:14They are mesim (dead ones), they shall not live; 1 they are refa'im (dead ones), + 26:14 See Job 26:5 they shall not rise; 1 therefore Thou hast visited and destroyed them, 1 and made all their zekher (memory) to perish. 1

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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