The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
Parallel translations
- WEB The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more see him.
- KJV The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
- NKJV The eye that saw him will see him no more, Nor will his place behold him anymore.
- NASB “The eye which saw him sees him no longer, And his place no longer beholds him.
- NLT Those who once saw them will see them no more. Their families will never see them again.
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Quick answer
The eye that once saw the wicked man will see him no more, and his place will know him no longer. He is wholly removed from the living.
Overview
Zophar emphasizes the complete disappearance of the wicked man, erased from sight and from the place he once occupied. The language closely echoes how Scripture describes the transience of mortal life and the swift forgetting of those cut off (Psalm 103:16). For Zophar it proves his point against Job, though such erasure is in fact the common lot of mortals apart from God's redeeming mercy.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Job 7:8The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
- Job 7:10He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.
- Job 8:18If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
- Ps 37:36yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.
- Ps 37:10Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.
- Job 20:7he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
- Job 27:3as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
- Ps 103:15–16As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field;
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