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Job 7

Job 7:8

Job Continues: Life Seems Futile · Job 7:1–21
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Translations

Modern
The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
Traditional
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
Literal
The eye of the one seeing me shall not behold me; your eyes are on me, and I will be no more.
Latin
Nec aspiciet me visus hominis; oculi tui in me, et non subsistam.

Original

Hebrew
English
The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.

Notes

Job 7:8

You 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).

Job 7:6–21

Job cried out to God, saying life was too short (7:6–10). This complaint contrasts with his earlier wish for God to end his life (6:9).

Job 6:1–7:21

Job responds by criticizing his counselors and questioning God (chapters 6 and 7). He explains his intense words by indicating his deep "grief" or "anguish" (6:2–3; 7:11). Job states that Eliphaz has not provided comfort or sympathy as a friend. Instead, Eliphaz chose to argue about out of date religious or theological ideas.

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Topics

Death: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Life: Brevity and Uncertainty of The Eye: Actions of, Mentioned in Scripture: Seeing