Job

Job 7:9–10

⁹As a cloud vanishes and is gone,

so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.

¹⁰He never returns to his house;

his place remembers him no more.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
As a cloud	עָ֭נָן	‘ā·nān	Noun - masculine singular	H6051 cloud-mass, cloud
vanishes	כָּלָ֣ה	kā·lāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
and is gone	וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ	way·yê·laḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
so	כֵּ֥ן	kên	Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
he who goes down	יוֹרֵ֥ד	yō·w·rêḏ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H3381 come or go down, descend
to Sheol	שְׁ֝א֗וֹל	šə·ʾôl	Noun - common singular	H7585 underworld
does not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
come back up	יַעֲלֶֽה׃	ya·‘ă·leh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He never	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
returns	יָשׁ֣וּב	yā·šūḇ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7725 turn back, return
to his house	לְבֵית֑וֹ	lə·ḇê·ṯōw	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1004 house
his place	מְקֹמֽוֹ׃	mə·qō·mōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H4725 standing, spot, condition
remembers him	יַכִּירֶ֖נּוּ	yak·kî·ren·nū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H5234 regard, recognize
no more	ע֣וֹד	‘ō·wḏ	Adverb	H5750 a going round, continuance

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 7:9 Job 30:15 · 2 Samuel 14:14 · Job 10:21 · 2 Samuel 12:23 · Job 14:10–14 · Psalm 39:13 · Job 16:22

Job 7:10 Job 8:18 · Psalm 103:16 · Job 20:9

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.