Job 7:9 · KJV
“{As} the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no {more}.”
— Job 7:9
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no {more}: thine eyes {are} upon me, and I {am} not. {I am...: that is, I can live no longer}
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
Job 7 — Context
O remember that my life {is} wind: mine eye shall no more see good. {shall...: Heb. shall not return} {see: to see, that is, to enjoy}
8The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no {more}: thine eyes {are} upon me, and I {am} not. {I am...: that is, I can live no longer}
9{As} the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no {more}.
10He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Cross References
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. {neither...: or, because God hath not taken away his life, he hath also devised means, etc}
Job 30:15
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. {my soul: Heb. my principal one}
Job 10:21
Before I go {whence} I shall not return, {even} to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Job 14:10-14
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where {is} he? {wasteth...: Heb. is weakened, or, cut off}
Job 16:22
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way {whence} I shall not return. {a few...: Heb. years of number}
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.
Psalms 39:13
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
Job 11:8
{It is} as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? {as high...: Heb. the heights of heaven}