Job 20 · Verse 9

Job 20:9

The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
Job 20:9, King James Version

Job 20:9 in other translations

BSBThe eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
WEBThe eye which saw him will see him no more, neither will his place see him any more.
ASVThe eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.
YLTThe eye hath not seen him, and addeth not. And not again doth his place behold him.
DARBYThe eye which saw him shall see him not again; and his place beholdeth him no more.
BBEThe eye which saw him sees him no longer; and his place has no more knowledge of him.
WebsterThe eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.

What does Job 20:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. Rather "the eye followeth him, but can discern him no more." A sharp-looking is meant (Job 28:7; Job 7:10).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 20:1-9

Zophar's discourse is upon the certain misery of the wicked. The triumph of the wicked and the joy of the hypocrite are fleeting. The pleasures and gains of sin bring disease and pain; they end in remorse, anguish, and ruin. Dissembled piety is double iniquity, and the ruin that attends it will be accordingly.

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Job 20:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עַ֣יִן'A.yinan eyeH5869
שְׁ֭זָפַתּוּShe.za.fa.tuit caught sight of himH7805
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
תוֹסִ֑יףto.Sifit will repeatH3254
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
ע֝֗וֹדodagainH5750
תְּשׁוּרֶ֥נּוּte.shu.Re.nuit will see himH7789
מְקוֹמֽוֹ\׃me.ko.Moplace hisH4725

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 20:9

  • Job 7:8

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

  • Job 8:18

    If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.

  • Job 7:10

    He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

  • Job 20:7

    Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

  • Psalms 37:36

    Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

  • Psalms 37:10

    For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

  • Job 27:3

    All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

  • Psalms 103:15-16

    As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The eye.
7; 7:8,10; 8:18; 27:3; Ps 37:10,36; 103:15,16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 20:8

    He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

  • Job 20:9

    The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.

  • Job 20:10

    His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

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Job 20:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El ojo que le habrá visto, nunca más le verá; ni su lugar le echará más de ver.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		L’œil l’a regardé et ne l’aperçoit plus, et son lieu ne le revoit plus.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Das Auge hat ihn erblickt und sieht ihn nimmer wieder, und seine Stätte gewahrt ihn nicht mehr.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Oculus qui eum viderat non videbit, neque ultra intuebitur eum locus suus.