Job 7:9
Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
8The eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes [are] upon me — and I am not.
10He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again.
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:23and now, he hath died, why [is] this — I fast? am I able to bring him back again? I am going unto him, and he doth not turn back unto me.'
Job 10:21Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade,
Job 14:10And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where [is] he?
Job 16:22When a few years do come, Then a path I return not do I go.
Job 37:11Yea, by filling He doth press out a cloud, Scatter a cloud doth His light.
Isaiah 26:14Dead — they live not, Rephaim, they rise not, Therefore Thou hast inspected and dost destroy them, Yea, thou destroyest all their memory.
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 →