But now the baby is dead. So why should I refuse to eat? Can I bring the baby back to life? No! Some day I will go to him, but he can’t come back to me.”
Job 7:8 - Easy To Read Version And you won’t see me again.\par You will look for me,\par but I will be gone.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: Thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more; while your eyes are upon me, I shall be gone. American Standard Version (1901) The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be. Common English Bible The eye that sees me now will no longer look on me; your eyes will be on me, and I won’t exist. Catholic Public Domain Version Neither will the sight of man gaze upon me; your eyes are upon me, and I will not endure. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Nor shall the sight of man behold me: thy eyes are upon me, and I shall be no more. |
But now the baby is dead. So why should I refuse to eat? Can I bring the baby back to life? No! Some day I will go to him, but he can’t come back to me.”
You have put chains on my feet.\par You watch every step I take.\par You watch every move I make.\par
But when man dies, he is finished!\par When man dies, he is gone.\par
That is true, but God, will you look at me, a man? And will you come into court with me and let us both give our arguments?
Like a dream, he will fly away\par and no one will ever find him.\par He will be forced away and forgotten\par like a bad dream. {\cf2\super [33]} \par
The people that saw him,\par won’t see him again.\par His family will never look at him again.\par
An evil person might be rich\par when he goes to bed.\par But when he opens his eyes,\par all his riches will be gone.\par
If I had died when I was born,\par I would be at peace now.\par I wish I were asleep and at rest\par
Why don’t you just pardon me\par for doing wrong?\par Why don’t you just forgive me\par for my sins?\par Soon I will die and be in my grave.\par Then you will search for me,\par but I will be gone.”\par
But if the plant is moved from its place,\par \{it will die\} and no one would know\par that it had ever been there.\par
God knows we are like a little wildflower.\par That flower grows quickly.\par Then the hot wind blows\par and the flower dies.\par Soon, you can’t even tell\par where the flower was growing.\par
But then he was gone.\par I looked for him,\par but I couldn’t find him.\par
Lord, you punish people for doing wrong\par to teach them the right way to live.\par Like a moth destroys cloth,\par you destroy the things people love.\par Yes, our lives are like a small cloud \{that quickly disappears\}.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [240]})\i0 \par