Job 7:9
As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away,so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
8The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more.Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be.
10He shall return no more to his house,neither shall his place know him any more.
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:23But now he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me."
Job 10:21before I go where I shall not return from,to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
Job 14:10But man dies, and is laid low.Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
Job 16:22For when a few years are come,I shall go the way from whence I shall not return.
Job 37:11Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture.He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.
Isaiah 26:14The dead shall not live. The deceased shall not rise. Therefore have you visited and destroyed them, and caused all 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 →