Job 7:10

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

Key Reflection

This verse uses the imagery of a dissipating cloud to illustrate the permanence of death. Just as a cloud eventually disappears without leaving a trace, so too does one who enters Sheol not return, underscoring the finality of death in Job's perspective.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

He shall return no more to his house -He shall not revisit his family. Job is dwelling on the calamity of death, and one of the circumstances most deeply felt in the prospect of death is, that a man must leave his own house to return no more. The stately palaces that he has built; the splendid halls which he has adorned; the chamber where he slept; the cheerful fireside where he met his family; the place at the table which he occupied, he will revisit no more. His tread will be no more heard; his voice will no more awaken delight in the happy family group; the father and husband returning from his daily toil will no more give pleasure to the joyous circle. Such is death.

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