Job 7:9

World English Bible (2000)

As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 12:23 : 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 10:21 : 21 before I go where I shall not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
  • Job 14:10-14 : 10 But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he? 11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the river wastes and dries up, 12 so man lies down and doesn't rise. Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep. 13 "Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me! 14 If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, until my release should come.
  • Job 16:22 : 22 For when a few years are come, I shall go the way of no return.
  • Job 30:15 : 15 Terrors have turned on me. They chase my honor as the wind. My welfare has passed away as a cloud.
  • Job 37:11 : 11 Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.
  • Ps 39:13 : 13 Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more." For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
  • Isa 38:11 : 11 I said, "I won't see Yah, Yah in the land of the living. I will see man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
  • Job 11:8 : 8 They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?
  • 2 Sam 14:14 : 14 For we must die, and are as water split on the ground, which can't be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.

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    6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

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    10 But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?

    11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the river wastes and dries up,

    12 so man lies down and doesn't rise. Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

    13 "Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

    14 If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, until my release should come.

  • Job 20:7-9
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    7 yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'

    8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.

    9 The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more see him.

  • 2 He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn't continue.

  • 7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

  • 17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.

  • 5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead don't know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

  • 19 He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.

  • 19 he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.

  • Isa 38:10-11
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    10 I said, "In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years."

    11 I said, "I won't see Yah, Yah in the land of the living. I will see man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

  • 32 Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men shall keep watch over the tomb.

  • 4 His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

  • 16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.

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    5 For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?

  • 20 All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.

  • 16 Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol, or descend together into the dust?"

  • 21 before I go where I shall not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

  • 48 What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

  • 10 Don't weep for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep bitterly for him who goes away; for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

  • 19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol those who have sinned.

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    4 for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.

    5 Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.

    6 Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don't all go to one place?

  • 17 The dead don't praise Yah, neither any who go down into silence;

  • 5 The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.

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

  • 14 For we must die, and are as water split on the ground, which can't be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.

  • 36 But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.

  • 15 all flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust.

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    17 His memory shall perish from the earth. He shall have no name in the street.

    18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

  • 9 That he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.

  • 1 "My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct, And the grave is ready for me.

  • 5 set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.

  • 13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they be yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude of it, none shall return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.

  • 6 "Yahweh kills, and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol, and brings up.

  • Job 15:29-30
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    29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

    30 He shall not depart out of darkness. The flame shall dry up his branches. By the breath of God's mouth shall he go away.

  • 16 This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

  • 2 Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down.