Job 7:9
What does Job 7:9 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 7:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more.
KJV
King James Version · 1611As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949A cloud comes to an end and is gone; so he who goes down into the underworld comes not up again.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752As a cloud is consumed, and passeth away: so he that shall go down to hell shall not come up.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The cloud consumeth and vanisheth away; so he that goeth down to Sheol shall not come up.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 11:8
It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?
- Psalms 39:13
Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more.
- Isaiah 38:11
I said, I shall not see Jehovah, even Jehovah in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
- Job 37:11
Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:
- Job 14:10
But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
- Job 10:21
Before I go whence I shall not return, Evento the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
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