Reference

Job 7:9

Whole-Person Death Destruction / Perishing Language Sheol / The Grave

“As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.”

O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

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

As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

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

Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Why This Verse Was Tagged

Whole-Person Death

Semantic Discovery

90% relevance

This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Sheol / The Grave

Keyword Match

70% relevance

This verse contains specific terms directly associated with this theme.

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Whole-Person Death

The verse describes a permanent physical state ("come up no more" from the grave) but does not explicitly address the state of consciousness or existence of a non-physical aspect of the person.

Destruction / Perishing Language

The verse describes a universal human fate (going down to the grave) rather than specifically the fate of the wicked. The language "consumed and vanisheth away" refers to the cloud, not directly to a person being destroyed.

Sheol / The Grave

The verse uses "the grave" as a metaphor for a final, irreversible departure, rather than explicitly defining or describing the nature of Sheol or the state of the dead within it.

Whole-Person Death

Related Verses

Job 7:10

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

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.”

Job 20:9

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

Job 7:7

“O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.”

Job 14:12

“So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.”

Thematic Connections

Whole-Person Death Destruction / Perishing Language Sheol / The Grave

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