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 Living Translation (NLT)You see me now, but not for long. You will look for me, but I will be gone.

Context of Job 7:8

6“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And are spent without hope. 7Oh, remember that my life is a breath! My eye will never again see good. The eye of him who sees me will see me no more; While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer be. 9As the cloud disappears and vanishes away, So he who goes down to the grave does not come up. 10He shall never return to his house, Nor shall his place know 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 20:9The eye that saw him will see him no more, Nor will his place behold him anymore.
• Psalms 37:36Yet he passed away, and behold, he was no more; Indeed I sought him, but he could not be found.
• Job 13:27You put my feet in the stocks, And watch closely all my paths. You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
• Job 14:3And do You open Your eyes on such a one, And bring me to judgment with Yourself?
• Psalms 39:11When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth; Surely every man is vapor. Selah
• Psalms 90:8You have set our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your countenance.
• Job 7:21Why then do You not pardon my transgression, And take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, And You will seek me diligently, But I will no longer be.”

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