Job 20:9 Meaning and Explanation
“The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Those who once saw the wicked man will see him no more, and his place will know him no longer.
What Does Job 20:9 Mean?
Zophar drives home the completeness of the man’s vanishing. The eye that watched him in his glory will never see him again, and the very place where he once stood will no longer recognize him. He is erased from the scene entirely.
The language echoes the Bible’s sober meditation on the brevity of life: a man flourishes like a flower of the field, then the wind passes over it and it is gone, and its place knows it no more. Here it is applied to the wicked, but the truth touches us all. Earthly standing is fleeting; only what is rooted in God outlasts the moment our place forgets us.
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What does Job 20:9 mean?
Those who once saw the wicked man will see him no more, and his place will know him no longer.