Job 7:8
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no {more}: thine eyes {are} upon me, and I {am} not. {I am...: that is, I can live no longer}
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The eye also {which} saw him shall {see him} no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
Yet he passed away, and, lo, he {was} not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
If he destroy him from his place, then {it} shall deny him, {saying}, I have not seen thee.
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. {lookest...: Heb. observest} {heels: Heb. roots}
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man {is} vanity. Selah. {his...: Heb. that which is to be desired in him to melt away}
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret {sins} in the light of thy countenance.
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
The eye also {which} saw him shall {see him} no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
Before I go {whence} I shall not return, {even} to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Our fathers have sinned, {and are} not; and we have borne their iniquities.
If he destroy him from his place, then {it} shall deny him, {saying}, I have not seen thee.
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I {shall} not {be}.
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they {are} not: {there is} none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he {is} not.