The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more see him.
Parallel translations
- KJV The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
- BSB The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer 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 of him who sees me shall see me no more. Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be.
- Job 7:10He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
- Job 8:18If he is destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’
- Ps 37:36But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
- Ps 37:10For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn’t there.
- Job 20:7yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, ‘Where is he?’
- Job 27:3(for the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
- Ps 103:15–16As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
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