Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
The cloud consumeth and vanisheth away; so he that goeth down to Sheol shall not come up.
New American Standard Bible
So
King James Version
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
Holman Bible
so the one who goes down to Sheol
International Standard Version
As a cloud fades away and vanishes, the one who descends to the afterlife doesn't return.
A Conservative Version
As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more.
American Standard Version
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more.
Amplified
“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.
Bible in Basic English
A cloud comes to an end and is gone; so he who goes down into the underworld comes not up again.
Julia Smith Translation
The cloud will end and will go away: thus he shall go down to hades and shall not come up.
King James 2000
As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away: so he that goes down to the grave shall come up no more.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A cloud vanishes, and it goes away, so [he who] goes down to Sheol will not come up.
Modern King James verseion
As the cloud falls and vanishes away, so he who goes down to the grave shall come up no more.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For if thou fasten thine eyes upon me, I come to naught like as a cloud is consumed and vanisheth away. Even so, he that goeth down to hell, cometh no more up,
NET Bible
As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again.
New Heart English Bible
As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more.
The Emphasized Bible
A cloud faileth, and is gone, So, he that descendeth to hades, shall not come up:
Webster
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
World English Bible
As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more.
Youngs Literal Translation
Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 7:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Don'T Forget!
8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall behold me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. 9 The cloud consumeth and vanisheth away; so he that goeth down to Sheol shall not come up. 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him again.
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:23
But now he is dead, why should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.
Job 30:15
Terrors are turned against me; they pursue mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away like a cloud.
2 Samuel 14:14
For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; and God has not taken away his life, but devises means that the banished one be not expelled from him.
Job 10:21
Before I go, and never to return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Job 11:8
It is as the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?
Job 14:10-14
But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?
Job 16:22
For years few in number shall pass, and I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
Job 37:11
Also with plentiful moisture he loadeth the thick clouds, his light dispels the cloud;
Psalm 39:13
Look away from me, and let me recover strength, before I go hence and be no more.
Isaiah 38:11
I said, I shall not see Jah, Jah in the land of the living. With those who dwell where all has ceased to be, I shall behold man no more.