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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.
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  1. 2 Samuel 14:14Rank 1 from verse 9
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    14For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

  2. Job 10:21Rank 2 from verse 9
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    21Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

  3. Job 30:15Rank 3 from verse 9
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    15Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

  4. 2 Samuel 12:23Rank 4 from verse 9
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    23But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

  5. Job 14:10–14Rank 5 from verse 9
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    10But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

    11As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

    12So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

    13O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

    14If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

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Job 7:9

COMBINED MEANING

cloud

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Sense 1: A visible mass of vapour in the sky. Sense 2: Figuratively, a covering or multitude.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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consumed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of consume. Sense 1: To destroy, use up, or bring to an end. Sense 2: To waste away or be exhausted.

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grave

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Sense 1: The place of the dead or of burial; a tomb, burial place, or pit. Sense 2: To cut, carve, or engrave. Sense 3: As an adjective, serious, sober, dignified, or worthy of respect.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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8The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

9As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

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10He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

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