King James Version

Job 7:8

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

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לֹֽאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…תְ֭שׁוּרֵנִיteshurenibeholdשׁוּרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “behold”, an unfinished actionH7789to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care forbehold, lay wait, look, observe, perceive, regard, see.עֵ֣יןeyneye , , -sightעַיִןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…רֹ֑אִיroigazingstockרֳאִיverb, qal, participle, absolute — “gazingstock”, a verb used as a describing wordH7210sight, whether abstractly (vision) or concretely (a spectacle)gazingstock, look to, (that) see(-th).עֵינֶ֖יךָeyneykhaeye , , -sightעַיִןnoun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…בִּ֣יbiinבִּ֣יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in”inוְאֵינֶֽנִּיveeyneniand elseאַיִןconjunction, particle, negative, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; while Thine eyes are upon me, I am gone.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.

Young’s Literal Translation

The eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes [are] upon me — and I am not.

World English Bible

The eye of him who sees me will see me no more. Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Nor shall the sight of man behold me: thy eyes are upon me, and I shall be no more.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; while Thine eyes are upon me, I am gone.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οὐ περιβλέψεταί με ὀφθαλμὸς ὁρῶντός με, οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου ἐν ἐμοί, καὶ οὐκ ἔτι εἰμί·