Job 7 · Verse 8

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 7:8, King James Version

Job 7:8 in other translations

BSBThe eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
WEBThe eye of him who sees me will see me no more. Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.
ASVThe eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.
YLTThe eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes are upon me--and I am not.
DARBYThe eye of him that hath seen me shall behold me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
BBEThe eye of him who sees me will see me no longer: your eyes will be looking for me, but I will be gone.
WebsterThe eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thy eyes are upon me, and I am not.

What does Job 7:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. 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.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 Shall 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 7:7-16

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…

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Job 7:8 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.

לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
תְ֭שׁוּרֵנִיTe.shu.re.niit will observe meH7789
עֵ֣ין'einan eye ofH5869
רֹ֑אִיRo.'isightH7210
עֵינֶ֖יךָ'ei.Nei.khaeyes yourH5869
בִּ֣יbi[will be] on me
וְאֵינֶֽנִּי\׃ve.'ei.Ne.niand there not [will be] meH369

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

Cross references for Job 7:8

  • Job 20:9

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

  • Psalms 37:36

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

  • Job 8:18

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

  • Psalms 90:8-9

    Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

  • Job 13:27

    Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

  • Job 14:3

    And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

  • Psalms 39:11

    When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The eye.
20:9; Ps 37:36
thine eyes.
13:27; 14:3; Ps 39:11; 90:8,9
I am not. that is, I can live no longer.
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Context

  • Job 7:7

    O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

  • 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 7:9

    As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

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Job 7:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Los ojos de los que me ven, no me verán más: tus ojos sobre mí, y dejaré de ser.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		L’œil qui me regarde ne me reverra plus; tes yeux sont sur moi, et je ne suis plus.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Nicht mehr wird mich schauen das Auge des mich Sehenden; richtest du deine Augen auf mich, so bin ich nicht mehr.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nec aspiciet me visus hominis; oculi tui in me, et non subsistam.