The eye which saw him will see him no more, neither will his place see him any more.
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The eye which saw him will see him no more, neither will his place see him any more.
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The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
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The eye which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
Cross-references (8)
Passages linked to Job 20:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Job 7:8 The eye of him who sees me will see me no more. Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.
- Job 7:10 He will return no more to his house, neither will his place know him any more.
- Job 8:18 If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’
- Job 20:7 yet he will perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
- Psalms 37:10 For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn’t there.
- Psalms 37:36 But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
- Job 27:3 (for the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
- Psalms 103:15-16 As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Job 20:9 The eye also [which] saw him shall…
Job 20:9 The eye also [which] saw him shall [see him] no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
Ver. 9. The eye also which saw him shall see him no more] He shall be utterly out of sight, out of mind; unkent, unkist, as the northern proverb hath it. See Job 7:8; Job 7:10, where Job speaketh as much of himself, and Zophar here twits him with it, as if Sorex suo periisset indicio, Job were a hypocrite by his own confession; so ingenious is evil will.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain i.e. It shall not acknowledge nor contain him. A…
i.e. It shall not acknowledge nor contain him. A figure called prosopopaeia, as Job 7:10. Or, neither shall it (i.e. the eye last mentioned) behold him any more in his place.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain The eye also which saw him shall see him…
The eye also which saw him shall see him no more,.... In this world, concerned in the affairs of life, and busy in worldly employments, and especially in the grandeur he sometimes was, if not removed by death; but the former sense seems most agreeable by what follows,
neither shall his place any more behold him; the men of his place, as Ben Gersom, those that lived in the same place he did; or he shall not be seen, and known, and acknowledged any more as the master, owner, and proprietor of the house he formerly dwelt in; this seems to be taken from Job's own words in Job 7:10. The above Jewish commentator interprets this verse of Pharaoh and the Egyptians, whom Moses and the Israelites would see no more, Exo 10:29.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The eye also which saw him - This is…
The eye also which saw him - This is almost exactly the language which Job uses respecting himself. See Job 7:8, note; Job 7:10, note.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Behold him, as if it were susceptible of resentment,…
Behold him, as if it were susceptible of resentment, and entered into the views of God, chap vii. 10., and Psalm xxvi. 35. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Rather "the eye followeth him, but can discern him…
Rather "the eye followeth him, but can discern him no more." A sharp-looking is meant (Job 28:7; Job 7:10).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 9. The eye — Literally, An eye has looked…
9. The eye — Literally, An eye has looked upon him; it does it not again. The elevation of the wicked made him the object of a brief but earnest gaze. The same Hebrew verb reappears in Job_28:7 and in Son_1:6 — “the sun hath scanned me.” This verse furnishes a striking paraphrase of Job_20:5 — “for a moment” — the pith of the aphorism.
His place — See note on Job_7:10.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 9. See ch. Job_7:8-10; Job_8:18; Psa_103:16.
9. See ch. Job_7:8-10; Job_8:18; Psa_103:16.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The eye also which saw him shall see him…
The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; or, the eye which scanned him. The verb used ( is a rare one, occurring only here, in Job_28:7, and in Song of Son_1:6. In the former passage it is used of a falcon, in the latter of the sun. Neither shall his place any more behold him. (comp. Psa_103:16, "The place thereof shall know it no more
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