Job 7:8
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Nor shall the sight of man behold me: thy eyes are upon me, and I shall be no more.

The eye.

Job 20:9 The eyes that had seen him, shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more behold him.

Psalm 37:36 And I passed by, and lo, he was not: and I sought him and his place was not found.

thine eyes.

Job 13:27 Thou hast put my feet in the stocks, and hast observed all my paths, and hast considered the steps of my feet:

Job 14:3 And dost thou think it meet to open thy eyes upon such an one, and to bring him into judgment with thee?

Psalm 39:11 Thou hast corrected man for iniquity. And thou hast made his soul to waste away like a spider: surely in vain is any man disquieted.

Psalm 90:8,9 Thou hast set our iniquities before thy eyes: our life in the light of thy countenance. . . .

I am not.

Job 7:21 Why dost thou not remove my sin, and why dost thou not take away my iniquity? Behold now I shall sleep in the dust: and if thou seek me in the morning, I shall not be.

Context
Job Continues: Life Seems Futile
7Remember that my life is but wind, and my eye shall not return to see good things. 8Nor shall the sight of man behold me: thy eyes are upon me, and I shall be no more.9As a cloud is consumed, and passeth away: so he that shall go down to hell shall not come up.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:23
But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Shall I be able to bring him back any more? I shall go to him rather: but he shall not return to me.

Job 3:13
For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep:

Job 7:21
Why dost thou not remove my sin, and why dost thou not take away my iniquity? Behold now I shall sleep in the dust: and if thou seek me in the morning, I shall not be.

Job 8:18
If one swallow him up out of his place, he shall deny him, and shall say: I know thee not.

Job 20:9
The eyes that had seen him, shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more behold him.

Job 27:19
The rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing.

Lexicon
The eye
עֵ֣ין (‘ên)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

that beholds me
רֹ֑אִי (rō·’î)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7210: Looking, seeing, sight

will no
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

longer see me.
תְ֭שׁוּרֵנִי (ṯə·šū·rê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7789: To spy out, survey, lurk for, care for

You will look
עֵינֶ֖יךָ (‘ê·ne·ḵā)
Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

for me,
בִּ֣י (bî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

but I will be no more.
וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃ (wə·’ê·nen·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle


Additional Translations
The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.The eye of him that has seen me shall see me no more: your eyes are on me, and I am not.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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