Job 7:8 “The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, b…”

Job 7:8

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

World English Bible

The eye of him who sees me will see me no more. Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.

American Standard Version

The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.

Geneva Bible 1599

The eye that hath seene me, shall see me no more: thine eyes are vpon me, and I shall be no longer.

Darby Translation

The eye of him that hath seen me shall behold me no [more]: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

Young's Literal Translation

The eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes [are] upon me — and I am not.

Bible in Basic English

The eye of him who sees me will see me no longer: your eyes will be looking for me, but I will be gone.

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Cross references

“The eye”

Job 20:9 Psalm 37:36

Job 20:9 · BSB

The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.

Psalm 37:36 · BSB

yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.

“thine eyes”

Job 13:27 Job 14:3 Psalm 39:11 Psalm 90:8 Psalm 90:9

Job 13:27 · BSB

You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.

Job 14:3 · BSB

Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?

Psalm 39:11 · BSB

You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah

Psalm 90:8 · BSB

You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

Psalm 90:9 · BSB

For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.

Also

Job 8:18

Job 8:18 · BSB

If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.

9As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.

Read Job 7