King James Version
Job 20:9 in the King James Version says “The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.” — study this verse from Job chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.”
Job 20:9 · KJV
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. His children: or, The poor shall oppress his children
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“The eye”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“also which saw”
H7805to tan (by sunburning); figuratively (as if by a piercing ray) to scan
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“him shall see him no more”
H3254to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
“any more behold”
H7789to spy out, i.e., (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for
“neither shall his place”
H4725properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
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