Job 7:8

Job 7:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
• New International Version (NIV)The eye that now sees me will see me no longer; you will look for me, but I will be no more.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The eye of him who sees me will behold me no more; while your eyes are on me, I shall be gone.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The eye of him who sees me will see me no more; While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer be.

Context of Job 7:8

6My days go swifter than a weaver’s shuttle. They are spent without hope. 7Remember, my life is only a breath, and never again will my eyes see anything good. The eye that watches over me will no longer see me. Your eye will look for me, but I’ll be gone. 9As a cloud fades away and disappears, so a person goes into the grave and doesn’t come back again. 10He doesn’t come back home again, and his household doesn’t recognize him anymore.

Job 7:8 word by word

לֹֽא־תְ֭שׁוּרֵנִי עֵ֣ין רֹ֑אִי עֵינֶ֖יךָ בִּ֣י וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The eyeעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• of him that hath seenרֳאִיrŏ'îy · sightH7210
• me shall seeשׁוּרshûr · to seeH7789

Cross-references for Job 7:8

• Job 20:9Eyes that saw him will see him no more. His home will not look at him again.
• Psalms 37:36But he moved on, and now there is no trace of him. I searched for him, but he could not be found.
• Job 13:27You put my feet in shackles. You follow my trail by engraving marks on the soles of my feet.
• Job 14:3You observe this and call me to account to you.
• Psalms 39:11With stern warnings you discipline people for their crimes. Like a moth you eat away at what is dear to them. Certainly, everyone is like a whisper in the wind. Selah
• Psalms 90:8You have set our sins in front of you. You have put our secret sins in the light of your presence.
• Job 7:21Why don’t you forgive my disobedience and take away my sin? Soon I’ll lie down in the dust. Then you will search for me, but I’ll be gone!”

Commentaries on Job 7:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Shall see me no more - If I die in my present state, with all this load of undeserved odium which is cast upon me by my friends, I shall never have an opportunity of vindicating my character, and regaining the good opinion of mankind. Thine eyes are upon one, and I am not - Thou canst look me into nothing. Or, Let thine eye be upon me as judged to death, and I shall immediately cease to live among men.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more - I shall be cut off from all my friends - one of the things which most distresses people when they come to die. Thine eyes are upon me, and I am not - see Job 7:21. Dr. Good renders this, “let thine eye be upon me, and I am nothing.” Herder, “thine eye will seek me, but I am no more.” According to this the sense is, that he was soon to be removed from the place where he had dwelt, and that should he…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-16Verses 7-16 Plain truths as to the shortness and vanity of man's life, and the certainty of death, do us good, when we think and speak of them with application to ourselves. Dying is done but once, and therefore it had need be well done. An error here is past retrieve. Other clouds arise, but the same cloud never returns: so a new generation of men is raised up, but the former generation vanishes away. Glorified saints shall return no more to the cares…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8You will look for me, but I will be no more: The ancient Greek Old Testament (Septuagint) left out this verse. They did not want to suggest that God could not see Job in Sheol (see study note on 7:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. The eye of him who beholds me (present, not past), that is, in the very act of beholding me, seeth me no more. Thine eyes are upon me, and I am not--He disappears, even while God is looking upon him. Job cannot survive the gaze of Jehovah (Psa 104:32; Re 20:11). Not, "Thine eyes seek me and I am not to be found"; for God's eye penetrates even to the unseen world (Psa 139:8). Umbreit unnaturally takes "thine" to refer to one of the three friends.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 7:8

• Death
• Life

In the dictionaries

• Bitterness
• Complain
• Dust
• Preserver
• Terrify
• Wearisome
• Gazing-Stock

Commentaries on Job 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings