Job 7:8
6 My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
- KJV
- The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
- WEB
- The eye of him who sees me will see me no more. Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.
- ASV
- The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.
- DARBY
- The eye of him that hath seen me shall behold me no [more]: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
- BLB
- The eye of the one seeing me shall not behold me; your eyes [are] on me, and I will be no more.
- ÅB
- Den som nå ser meg, skal ikke mere få øye på meg; når dine øyne søker etter meg, er jeg ikke mere.
- OTB
- Øyet til den som ser meg, skal ikke se meg mer;
Dine øyne vil være på meg, men jeg vil være borte. - B1930
- Den som nu ser mig, skal ikke mere få øie på mig; når dine øine søker efter mig, er jeg ikke mere.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 20:9
The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
Read in contextPsalms 37:36
Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Read in contextJob 8:18
If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
Read in contextPsalms 90:8–9
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Read in contextJob 13:27
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
Read in contextJob 14:3
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
Read in contextPsalms 39:11
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
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