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Job 20:9 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The eye which saw him will see him no more, neither will his place see him any more. "
Job 20:9
Verse in Context
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7 yet he will perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
8 He will fly away as a dream, and will not be found. Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
9 The eye which saw him will see him no more, neither will his place see him any more.
10 His children will seek the favor of the poor. His hands will give back his wealth.
11 His bones are full of his youth, but youth will lie down with him in the dust.
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Job 20:1
"Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,"
Job 20:2
"“Therefore my thoughts answer me, even by reason of my haste that is in me."
Job 20:3
"I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me."
Job 20:4
"Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,"
Job 20:5
"that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?"
Job 20:6
"Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,"
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