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Job 7:9

Death and loss

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.

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.

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BSB
As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
KJV
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
WEB
As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol will come up no more.
ASV
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more.
DARBY
The cloud consumeth and vanisheth away; so he that goeth down to Sheol shall not come up.
BLB
As a cloud is consumed and goes away, so the one going down [to] Sheol does not ascend.
ÅB
En sky blir borte og farer avsted; slik er det med den som farer ned til dødsriket - han stiger ikke opp derfra,
OTB
En sky forsvinner, og den er ikke mer,
Så den som stiger ned til Sheol, kommer ikke tilbake.
B1930
En sky blir borte og farer avsted; således er det med den som farer ned til dødsriket - han stiger ikke op derfra,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Job 10:21

    Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

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  • 2 Samuel 14:14

    For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

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  • Job 30:15

    Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

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  • Job 16:22

    When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

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  • Job 14:10–14

    But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

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  • Psalms 39:13

    O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

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  • 2 Samuel 12:23

    But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

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  • Isaiah 38:11

    I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

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