Job 7:9
As the cloude vanisheth and goeth away, so he that goeth downe to the graue, shall come vp no more.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
8The eye that hath seene me, shall see me no more: thine eyes are vpon me, and I shall be no longer.
10He shall returne no more to his house, neither shall his place knowe him any more.
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:23But now being dead, wherefore shoulde I now fast? Can I bring him againe any more? I shall goe to him, but he shall not returne to me.
Job 10:21Before I goe and shall not returne, euen to the land of darkenesse and shadow of death:
Job 14:10But man is sicke, and dyeth, and man perisheth, and where is he?
Job 16:22For the yeeres accounted come, and I shall go the way, whence I shall not returne.
Job 37:11He maketh also the cloudes to labour, to water the earth, and scattereth the cloude of his light.
Isaiah 26:14The dead shall not liue, neither shall the dead arise, because thou hast visited and scattered them, and destroyed all their memorie.
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 →