Job 7:8

"Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye will no more see good."

Key Reflection

Job 7:8 expresses the fleeting and fragile nature of human life, comparing it to a breath or vapor. This metaphor underscores how transient human existence is, suggesting that one's time here is short and uncertain.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more -I shall be cut off from all my friends - one of the things which most distresses people when they come to die. Thine eyes are upon me, and I am not- seeJob 7:21. Dr. Good renders this, “let thine eye be upon me, and I am nothing.” Herder, “thine eye will seek me, but I am no more.” According to this the sense is, that he was soon to be removed from the place where he had dwelt, and that should he be sought there he could not be found. He would seem to represent God as looking for him, and not finding him; seeJob 7:21.

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