Job 7:9

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

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

American Standard Version (1901)

As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more.

Bible in Basic English

A cloud comes to an end and is gone; so he who goes down into the underworld comes not up again.

Free Bible Version

When a cloud disappears, it's gone, just as anyone who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.

King James (Authorized) Version

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

Translation for Translators

Like [SIM] clouds ◄disperse/break up► and then disappear, people die and descend to the place where dead people are, and they do not return;

Unlocked Literal Bible

As a cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol will come up no more.

Noah Webster Bible

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

World English Bible

As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol will come up no more.

Young's Literal Translation

Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up.

Context

Job Continues: Life Seems Futile

⁸The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more. ⁹As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up. ¹⁰He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.

Summary

In this verse, Job expresses his despair and weariness, questioning the purpose of his suffering and the fleeting nature of his life. He reflects on the brevity of human existence, likening it to a cloud that vanishes and does not return. Job's lamentation reveals the depth of his anguish and his longing for relief from his afflictions, highlighting the struggles and uncertainties faced by individuals in times of great trial and suffering.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

As the cloud is consumed - As the cloud is dissipated, so is the breath of those that go down to the grave. As that cloud shall never return, so shall it be with the dead; they return no more to sojourn with the living. See on the following verses.

John Gill Bible Commentary

As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away,.... Which being dispersed by the wind, or broke up by the sun, is never seen, or returns more; for though the wise man speaks of clouds returning after the rain, this is not to be understood of the same clouds, but of succeeding ones, Ecc 12:2; so pardon of sin is expressed by the same metaphor, to show that sin thereby is no more, no more to be seen or remembered, Isa 43:25; the Targum renders it "as smoke", by which the shortness and consumption of men's days are expressed, Psa 102:3; but by the simile of a cloud here is not so much designed the sudden disappearance of life as the irrevocableness of it when gone, as the reddition or application following shows: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more; the grave is the house or long home that all must go to, it being the appointment of God that all should die, or be in the state of the dead; which is meant by the grave, since all are not interred in the earth; and this, as here, is frequently expressed, as if it was man's act being hither brought; and when it designs an interment in the earth, it is with great propriety called a going down; and however that be, yet the state of the dead is a state of humiliation, a coming down from all the grandeur, honour, and glory of the present state, which are all laid in the dust; and when this is man's case, he comes up no more from it, that is, of himself, by his own power; none but Christ, who is God over all, ever did this; or none naturally, or by the laws of nature, for noticing short of almighty power can effect this; it must be done in an extraordinary way, and is no less than a miraculous operation; nor will this be done until the general resurrection of the just and unjust, when all that are in their graves shall come forth, the one to the resurrection of life, and the other to the resurrection of damnation; excepting in some few instances, as the Shunammite's son, Kg2 4:32; the man that touched the bones of the prophet Elisha, Kg2 13:21; the daughter of Jairus, Mar 5:41; the widow of Nain's son, Luk 7:14; Lazarus, Joh 11:43; and those that rose at our Lord's resurrection, Mat 27:53; this is further explained in Job 7:10.

Job 7:9

Job Continues: Life Seems Futile

Scripture
Sermons
Commentary

Berean Standard Bible

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

American Standard Version (1901)

As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more.

Bible in Basic English

A cloud comes to an end and is gone; so he who goes down into the underworld comes not up again.

Free Bible Version

When a cloud disappears, it's gone, just as anyone who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.

King James (Authorized) Version

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

Translation for Translators

Like [SIM] clouds ◄disperse/break up► and then disappear, people die and descend to the place where dead people are, and they do not return;

Unlocked Literal Bible

As a cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol will come up no more.

Noah Webster Bible

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

World English Bible

As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol will come up no more.

Young's Literal Translation

Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up.

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Job 7:9

Verse

Context

Job Continues: Life Seems Futile

Summary

Commentary

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Job 7:9

Job Continues: Life Seems Futile

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes