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title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/7.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so one who goes down to the grave does not return.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/7.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Just as a cloud dissipates and vanishes, those who die will not come back.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />As the cloud fades and vanishes, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>As</i> the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no <i>more</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br /><i>As</i> the cloud disappears and vanishes away, So he who goes down to the grave does not come up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“When a cloud vanishes, it is gone; In the same way one who goes down to Sheol does not come up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220When a cloud vanishes, it is gone, So he who goes down to Sheol does not come up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“When a cloud vanishes, it is gone, So he who goes down to Sheol does not come up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />A cloud vanishes, and it is gone, So he who goes down to Sheol does not come up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As a cloud fades away and vanishes, so the one who goes down to Sheol will never rise again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As a cloud fades away and vanishes, so the one who goes down to Sheol will never rise again. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I will disappear in the grave or vanish from sight like a passing cloud. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, so he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />As a cloud fades away and disappears, so a person goes into the grave and doesn't come back again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />As a cloud fades away and vanishes, the one who descends to the afterlife doesn't return. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol will come up no more. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />A cloud has been consumed, and it goes, "" So he who is going down to Sheol does not come up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The cloud will end and will go away: thus he shall go down to hades and shall not come up.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />As a cloud is consumed, and passeth away: so he that shall go down to hell shall not come up. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Just as a cloud is consumed and passes away, so he who descends to hell will not ascend.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />As a cloud dissolves and vanishes, so whoever goes down to Sheol shall not come up. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />As the cloud fades and vanishes, so those who go down to Sheol do not come up;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />As the cloud fades away and disappears, so he who descends to Sheol shall not ascend any more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />As a cloud disappears and departs, in this way he who has descended to Sheol does not go up<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br /><i>I am</i> as a cloud that is cleared away from the sky: for if a man go down to the grave, he shall not come up again:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/7-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=1067" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/7.htm">Job Continues: Life Seems Futile</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more. <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6051.htm" title="6051: ‘ā·nān (N-ms) -- A cloud mass, cloud. From anan; a cloud, i.e. The nimbus or thunder-cloud.">As a cloud</a> <a href="/hebrew/3615.htm" title="3615: kā·lāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent. A primitive root; to end, whether intransitive or transitived.">vanishes</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: way·yê·laḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">and is gone,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">so</a> <a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: yō·w·rêḏ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To come or go down, descend. ">he who goes down</a> <a href="/hebrew/7585.htm" title="7585: ’ō·wl (N-cs) -- Or shol; from sha'al; Hades or the world of the dead, including its accessories and inmates.">to Sheol</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">does not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ya·‘ă·leh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">come back up.</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/39-13.htm">Psalm 39:13</a></span><br />Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-15.htm">Psalm 103:15-16</a></span><br />As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field; / when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-14.htm">James 4:14</a></span><br />You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-7.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:7</a></span><br />before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Isaiah 40:6-8</a></span><br />A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field. / The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass. / The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-24.htm">1 Peter 1:24</a></span><br />For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/14-14.htm">2 Samuel 14:14</a></span><br />For we will surely die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life, but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-27.htm">Hebrews 9:27</a></span><br />Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-39.htm">Psalm 78:39</a></span><br />He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/90-5.htm">Psalm 90:5-6</a></span><br />You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning— / in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">1 Corinthians 15:42-44</a></span><br />So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable. / It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. / It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/38-11.htm">Isaiah 38:11</a></span><br />I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/5-28.htm">John 5:28-29</a></span><br />Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice / and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-13.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:13-14</a></span><br />Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope. / For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/146-4.htm">Psalm 146:4</a></span><br />When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away: so he that goes down to the grave shall come up no more.</p><p class="hdg">the cloud.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/37-11.htm">Job 37:11</a></b></br> Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:</p><p class="hdg">he.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/10-21.htm">Job 10:21</a></b></br> Before I go <i>whence</i> I shall not return, <i>even</i> to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/14-10.htm">Job 14:10-14</a></b></br> But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where <i>is</i> he? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/16-22.htm">Job 16:22</a></b></br> When a few years are come, then I shall go the way <i>whence</i> I shall not return.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/3-5.htm">Cloud</a> <a href="/job/7-6.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/job/7-6.htm">End</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-11.htm">Fades</a> <a href="/job/6-4.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/job/5-26.htm">Grave</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-9.htm">Sheol</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-9.htm">Underworld</a> <a href="/james/4-14.htm">Vanishes</a> <a href="/james/4-14.htm">Vanisheth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/20-6.htm">Cloud</a> <a href="/job/11-20.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/job/8-7.htm">End</a> <a href="/psalms/65-8.htm">Fades</a> <a href="/job/9-11.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/job/10-19.htm">Grave</a> <a href="/job/11-8.htm">Sheol</a> <a href="/job/11-8.htm">Underworld</a> <a href="/james/4-14.htm">Vanishes</a> <a href="/james/4-14.htm">Vanisheth</a><div class="vheading2">Job 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/7-1.htm">Job excuses his desire of death.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/7-12.htm">He complains of his own restlessness, and reasons with God.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/7.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/7.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>As a cloud vanishes and is gone</b><br>This phrase uses the imagery of a cloud to illustrate the transient nature of human life. In the ancient Near East, clouds were often seen as fleeting and temporary, appearing and disappearing quickly. This metaphor emphasizes the brevity and impermanence of life, a common theme in wisdom literature. The comparison to a cloud also suggests the unpredictability and uncontrollability of life, as clouds are subject to the whims of the wind and weather.<p><b>so he who goes down to Sheol</b><br>Sheol in the Hebrew Bible is often understood as the realm of the dead, a shadowy place where the deceased reside. It is not equivalent to the Christian concept of hell but rather a place of silence and inactivity. The use of "goes down" reflects the ancient belief that Sheol was located beneath the earth. This phrase underscores the inevitability of death and the common fate of all humanity, regardless of status or righteousness.<p><b>does not come back up</b><br>This part of the verse highlights the finality of death in the human experience. In the context of Job, it reflects Job's despair and his perception of death as a one-way journey with no return. This view contrasts with later biblical revelations of resurrection and eternal life, as seen in passages like <a href="/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2</a> and <a href="/1_corinthians/15-20.htm">1 Corinthians 15:20-22</a>. The absence of return from Sheol in this verse emphasizes the hopelessness Job feels, yet it also sets the stage for the eventual hope of resurrection found in the New Testament, where Jesus Christ is seen as the first to rise from the dead, offering eternal life to believers.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, a man of great faith and integrity who undergoes severe trials and suffering. In this chapter, Job is expressing his deep anguish and despair.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/sheol.htm">Sheol</a></b><br>In Hebrew thought, Sheol is the realm of the dead, a place of darkness and silence where the departed spirits reside. It is often depicted as a shadowy existence, distinct from the vibrant life on earth.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/cloud.htm">Cloud</a></b><br>Used metaphorically in this verse, the cloud represents the transient and fleeting nature of life. Just as a cloud dissipates and disappears, so does human life when it descends to Sheol.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_transience_of_life.htm">The Transience of Life</a></b><br>Life is fleeting and temporary, much like a cloud that vanishes. This should encourage us to live with an eternal perspective, valuing what truly matters.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_death.htm">The Reality of Death</a></b><br>Death is a certainty for all, and Job's reflection on Sheol reminds us to consider our own mortality and the importance of being prepared spiritually.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_sheol.htm">Hope Beyond Sheol</a></b><br>While Job speaks from a place of despair, Christians have the hope of resurrection and eternal life through Jesus Christ, offering a contrast to the finality Job describes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/empathy_in_suffering.htm">Empathy in Suffering</a></b><br>Job's lamentation invites us to empathize with those who suffer and to offer comfort and hope, pointing them to the promises of God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_faith.htm">The Importance of Faith</a></b><br>In times of despair, maintaining faith in God's sovereignty and goodness is crucial, even when circumstances seem bleak.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_job_7_9's_death-cloud_view_unscientific.htm">Could Job 7:9’s comparison of death to a vanishing cloud be viewed as scientifically or logically inconsistent with modern understandings of matter and energy conservation? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_jews_believe_in_hell.htm">Do Jewish beliefs include the concept of hell?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_'sheol'_historical_or_metaphorical.htm">Psalm 139:8: Is there any historical or archaeological evidence for the biblical concept of “Sheol,” or is it purely metaphorical? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_torments_of_sheol.htm">What are the torments of Sheol?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) <span class= "bld">As the cloud is consumed.</span>--It is a fine simile that man is as evanescent as a cloud; and very apt is the figure, because, whether it vanishes on the surface of the sky or is distributed in rain, nothing more completely passes away than the summer cloud. It is an appearance only, which comes to nought.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">As the aloud is consumed and vanisheth away</span>. In mountainous countries one sees clouds clinging to a mountain-side, which do not float away, but gradually shrink, and at last wholly disappear. They are "consumed" in the strictest sense of the word - the hot rays of the sun drink them up. So he that goeth down to the grave; rather, to <span class="accented">Sheol</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> to the lower world, the abode of the departed. What exactly was Job's idea of this world it is impossible to say, or whether it involved the continued separate identity of individual souls and their continued consciousness. In Isaiah's conception both seem certainly to have been involved (<a href="/isaiah/14-9.htm">Isaiah 14:9-18</a>), and perhaps in Jacob's (<a href="/genesis/37-35.htm">Genesis 37:35</a>); but Job s creed on the subject can only be conjectured. It is certain, however, that both the Egyptians and the early Babylonians held the continuance after death of individual souls, their separate existence, and their consciousness (see the author's 'History of Ancient Egypt,' vol. 1. pp. 317-319; and 'Religions of the Ancient World,' pp. 62-65). Shall come up no more. The Egyptian belief was that the soul would ultimately return to the body from which death separated it, and rein-habit it. But this belief was certainly not general among the nations of antiquity. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/7-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">As a cloud</span><br /><span class="heb">עָ֭נָן</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·nān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6051.htm">Strong's 6051: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cloud, the nimbus, thunder-cloud</span><br /><br /><span class="word">vanishes</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּלָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(kā·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3615.htm">Strong's 3615: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and is gone,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·laḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so</span><br /><span class="heb">כֵּ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(kên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> </span><span class="str2">So -- thus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he who goes down</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹרֵ֥ד</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·rêḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come or go down, descend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Sheol</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁ֝א֗וֹל</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7585.htm">Strong's 7585: </a> </span><span class="str2">Underworld (place to which people descend at death)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will never</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">rise again.</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעֲלֶֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/7-9.htm">Job 7:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/7-9.htm">Job 7:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/7-9.htm">Job 7:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/7-9.htm">Job 7:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/7-9.htm">Job 7:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/7-9.htm">Job 7:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/7-9.htm">Job 7:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/7-9.htm">Job 7:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/7-9.htm">Job 7:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/7-9.htm">Job 7:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/7-9.htm">OT Poetry: Job 7:9 As the cloud is consumed and vanishes (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/7-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 7:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 7:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/7-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 7:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 7:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>