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9The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.

Job 20:9

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

  • He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

  • If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.

  • Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

  • Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-9)

Here, I. Zophar begins very passionately, and seems to be in a great heat at what Job had said. Being resolved to condemn Job for a bad man, he was much displeased that he talked so like a good man, and, as it should seem, broke in upon him, and began abruptly (Job 20:2): Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer . He takes no notice of what Job had said to move their pity, or to evidence his ow…

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