Job 7:9
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As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
In other translations
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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