The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more. Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be.
Parallel translations
- KJV The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
- BSB The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
- NKJV The eye of him who sees me will see me no more; While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer be.
- NASB “The eye of him who sees me will no longer look at me; Your eyes will be on me, but I will not exist.
- NLT You see me now, but not for long. You will look for me, but I will be gone.
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Quick answer
Job reflects that soon no human eye will see him, and even God's searching gaze will find him gone. He contemplates the finality of death.
Overview
Job imagines vanishing from the sight of all who know him, fixed on the seeming permanence of death. His words express the limits of his understanding of the afterlife. Later he will glimpse a deeper hope of seeing God after death (Job 19:25-27), a hope fulfilled in the resurrection won by Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Job 20:9The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more see him.
- Ps 37:36But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
- Job 8:18If he is destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’
- Ps 39:11When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.
- Job 14:3Do you open your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with you?
- Ps 90:8–9You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
- Job 13:27You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet,
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Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.
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