Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“When a cloud vanishes, it is gone,
So he who goes down to Sheol does not come up.

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

As a cloud fades away and vanishes,
so the one who goes down to Sheol will never rise again.

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.

Darby Translation

The cloud consumeth and vanisheth away; so he that goeth down to Sheol shall not come up.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
As the cloud
ענן 
`anan 
Usage: 87

ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

so he that goeth down
ירד 
Yarad 
Usage: 378

to the grave
שׁאל שׁאול 
Sh@'owl 
Usage: 65

shall come up
עלה 
`alah 
Usage: 890

Context Readings

Don'T Forget!

8 You see me now but not for long. Your eyes will be on me but I will be dead. 9 “When a cloud vanishes, it is gone,
So he who goes down to Sheol does not come up.
10 They are gone forever from their home. They will not be seen again.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:23

Why should I fast now that he is dead? Can I bring him back? Someday I will go to him. However he will not come back to me.

Job 30:15

Terrorists turn on me; my honor is pursued as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.

2 Samuel 14:14

We each must die and disappear like water poured out on the ground. But God does not take our lives. Instead, he figures out ways of bringing us back when we run away.

Job 10:21

before I go to the place of no return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death,

Job 11:8

They are higher than the heavens. What can you do? They are deeper than the depths of the grave. What can you know?

Job 14:10-14

On the other hand man dies and is laid low. He breathes his last and is no more!

Job 16:22

For when a few years are past, I shall go the way of no return.

Job 37:11

He loads the thick cloud with moisture and disperses with lighting.

Psalm 39:13

Look away from me so that I may smile again before I go away and am no more.

Isaiah 38:11

I thought that I would not see Jehovah in this world. Even with all the people in the world, I thought I would never see another person.

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