Job 20:9
7 he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
8 He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
10 His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.
11 The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
- KJV
- The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
- WEB
- The eye which saw him will see him no more, neither will his place see him any more.
- ASV
- The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.
- DARBY
- The eye which saw him shall [see him] not again; and his place beholdeth him no more.
- BLB
- The eye [that] saw him will not continue, and his place will not behold him again.
- ÅB
- Det øye som så ham, ser ham ikke mere, og hans sted skuer ham ikke lenger.
- OTB
- Øyet som så ham vil ikke se ham mer;
hans sted vil ikke lenger skue ham. - B1930
- Det øie som så ham, ser ham ikke mere, og hans sted skuer ham ikke lenger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 7:8
The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
Read in contextJob 8:18
If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
Read in contextJob 7:10
He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.
Read in contextJob 20:7
he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
Read in contextPsalms 37:36
yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.
Read in contextPsalms 37:10
Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.
Read in contextJob 27:3
as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
Read in contextPsalms 103:15–16
As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;
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