Job 20:9

9 The eye that saw them will see them no more, nor will their place behold them any longer.

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 they will perish forever like their own dung; those who have seen them will say, "Where are they?'

8 They will fly away like a dream, and not be found; they will be chased away like a vision of the night.

9 The eye that saw them will see them no more, nor will their place behold them any longer.

10 Their children will seek the favor of the poor, and their hands will give back their wealth.

11 Their bodies, once full of youth, will lie down in the dust with them.