Job

Job 7:9

⁹As a cloud vanishes and is gone,

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

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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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.