Job 7:8
The eye that hath seene me, shall see me no more: thine eyes are vpon me, and I shall be no longer.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 but a wind, and that mine eye shall not returne to see pleasure.
9As the cloude vanisheth and goeth away, so he that goeth downe to the graue, shall come vp no more.
Cross References
Job 8:18If any plucke it from his place, and it denie, saying, I haue not seene thee,
Job 14:3And yet thou openest thine eyes vpon such one, and causest me to enter into iudgement with thee.
Job 20:8He shall flee away as a dreame, and they shall not finde him, and shall passe away as a vision of the night,
Psalms 37:36Yet he passed away, and loe, he was gone, and I sought him, but he could not be founde.
Psalms 90:8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, and our secret sinnes in the light of thy countenance.
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 →