Bible verse
The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
Job 7:8 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 7.
4 When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
5 My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
6 My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
7 Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
8 The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
9 As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
10 He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.
11 Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12 Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?
KJV
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no [more]: thine eyes [are] upon me, and I [am] not.
ASV
The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.
ERV
The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more: thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.
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