But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.”
Job 7:8 - New Revised Standard Version The eye that beholds me will see me no more; while your eyes are upon me, I shall be gone. 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 he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.”
You put my feet in the stocks, and watch all my paths; you set a bound to the soles of my feet.
But mortals die, and are laid low; humans expire, and where are they?
Do you fix your eyes on such a one? Do you bring me into judgment with you?
They will fly away like a dream, and not be found; they will be chased away like a vision of the night.
The eye that saw them will see them no more, nor will their place behold them any longer.
They go to bed with wealth, but will do so no more; they open their eyes, and it is gone.
Now I would be lying down and quiet; I would be asleep; then I would be at rest
Why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie in the earth; you will seek me, but I shall not be.”
If they are destroyed from their place, then it will deny them, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’
for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.
Again I passed by, and they were no more; though I sought them, they could not be found.
“You chastise mortals in punishment for sin, consuming like a moth what is dear to them; surely everyone is a mere breath. Selah