Catholic Public Domain Version
"Just as a cloud is consumed and passes away, so he who descends to hell will not ascend. "
— Job 7:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.”
“As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more. ”
“As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more.”
“As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again.”
“As a cloud is consumed, and passeth away: so he that shall go down to hell shall not come up.”
“A cloud comes to an end and is gone; so he who goes down into the underworld comes not up again.”
“As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.”
My days have passed by more quickly than threads are cut by a weaver, and they have been consumed without any hope.
Remember that my life is wind, and my eye will not return to see good things.
Neither will the sight of man gaze upon me; your eyes are upon me, and I will not endure.
Just as a cloud is consumed and passes away, so he who descends to hell will not ascend.
He will not return again to his house, nor will his own place know him any longer.
And because of this, I will not restrain my mouth. I will speak in the affliction of my spirit. I will converse from the bitterness of my soul.
Am I an ocean or a whale, that you have encircled me in a prison?