Parallel Verses
Amplified
“The eye of him who sees me [now] will see me no more;
Your eyes will be upon me, but I will not be.
New American Standard Bible
Your eyes will be on me, but
King James Version
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
Holman Bible
will no longer see me.
Your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.
International Standard Version
The eyes of the one who sees me won't see me anymore; your eyes will look for me but I won't be around!
A Conservative Version
The eye of him who sees me shall behold me no more. Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.
American Standard Version
The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.
Bible in Basic English
The eye of him who sees me will see me no longer: your eyes will be looking for me, but I will be gone.
Darby Translation
The eye of him that hath seen me shall behold me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
Julia Smith Translation
The eye of him seeing me shall not look after me: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not
King James 2000
The eye of him that has seen me shall see me no more: your eyes are upon me, and I am not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The eye of [the one] seeing me will not see me; your eyes [are] upon me, but {I will be gone}.
Modern King James verseion
The eye of him who has seen me shall see me no more; Your eyes are on me, and I am gone.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
yea, and that none other man's eye shall see me anymore.
NET Bible
The eye of him who sees me now will see me no more; your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.
New Heart English Bible
The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more. Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be.
The Emphasized Bible
Nor shall see me - the eye that used to behold me, Thine eyes, are upon me, and I am not.
Webster
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thy eyes are upon me, and I am not.
World English Bible
The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more. Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be.
Youngs Literal Translation
The eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes are upon me -- and I am not.
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 7:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Don'T Forget!
7
“Remember that my life is but breath [a puff of wind, a sigh];
My eye will not see good again.
“The eye of him who sees me [now] will see me no more;
Your eyes will be upon me, but I will not be.
“As a cloud vanishes and is gone,
So he who goes down to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) does not come up.
Cross References
Job 20:9
“The eye which saw him sees him no longer,
Neither does his [accustomed] place behold him any longer.
Psalm 37:36
Yet he passed away, and lo, he was no more;
I sought him, but he could not be found.
Job 8:18
“If he is snatched from his place [in the garden],
Then his place will forget him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’
Job 13:27
“You also put my feet in the stocks [as punishment]
And [critically] observe all my paths;
You set a circle and limit around the soles of my feet [which I must not overstep],
Job 14:3
“You also open Your eyes upon him
And bring him into judgment with Yourself.
Psalm 39:11
“With rebukes You discipline man for sin;
You consume like a moth what is precious to him;
Surely every man is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]. Selah.
Psalm 90:8-9
You have placed our wickedness before you,
Our secret sins [which we tried to conceal, You have placed] in the [revealing] light of Your presence.