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Remember that my life is a breath;
my eye will not return to see good.
The eye of the one seeing me will not see me;
your eyes are upon me, but[a] I will be gone.[b]
A cloud vanishes, and it goes away,
so he who goes down to Sheol will not come up.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 7:8 Hebrew “and”
  2. Job 7:8 Literally “there is not me,” or “I am not”

Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath;(A)
    my eyes will never see happiness again.(B)
The eye that now sees me will see me no longer;
    you will look for me, but I will be no more.(C)
As a cloud vanishes(D) and is gone,
    so one who goes down to the grave(E) does not return.(F)

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