Job 7:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 7:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 7:9 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 7:9 — KJV
“As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.”
— Job 7:9 (KJV)
Job 7:9 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 7:9
“And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.”
Shares key themes with Job 7:9: down, come, more
“It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.”
Shares key themes with Job 7:9: down, grave, come
“And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.”
Shares key themes with Job 7:9: away, down, come
“Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?”
Shares key themes with Job 7:9: goeth, down, more
“And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.”
Shares key themes with Job 7:9: consumed, down, come
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