Job 20:9

9 "The ¹eye which saw him sees him no longer, And ²his place no longer beholds him.

Job 20:9 Meaning and Commentary

Job 20:9

The eye also [which] saw him shall [see him] no more
In this world, concerned in the affairs of life, and busy in worldly employments, and especially in the grandeur he sometimes was, if not removed by death; but the former sense seems most agreeable by what follows,

neither shall his place any more behold him;
the men of his place, as Ben Gersom, those that lived in the same place he did; or he shall not be seen, and known, and acknowledged any more as the master, owner, and proprietor of the house he formerly dwelt in; this seems to be taken from Job's own words in ( Job 7:10 ) . The above Jewish commentator interprets this verse of Pharaoh and the Egyptians, whom Moses and the Israelites would see no more, ( Exodus 10:29 ) ( 14:13 ) .

Job 20:9 In-Context

7 He perishes forever like his refuse; Those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'

8 "He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him; Even like a vision of the night he is chased away.

9 "The eye which saw him sees him no longer, And his place no longer beholds him.

10 "His sons favor the poor, And his hands give back his wealth.

11 "His bones are full of his youthful vigor, But it lies down with him in the dust.

Cross References

• 1. Job 7:8; Job 8:18
• 2. Job 7:10