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Job 7:9

As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
Job 7:9
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Original language (Hebrew)

כָּלָ֣ה עָ֭נָן וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ כֵּ֥ן יוֹרֵ֥ד שְׁ֝א֗וֹל לֹ֣א יַעֲלֶֽה׃

  1. כָּלָ֣הka.Lah“it vanishes”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from כָּלָה · “expend” · Strong's H3615J
  2. עָ֭נָן'A.non“a cloud”
    Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from עָנָן · “cloud” · Strong's H6051
  3. וַיֵּלַ֑ךְvai.ye.Lakh“and it has gone”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from הָלַךְ · “went” · Strong's H1980G
  4. כֵּ֥ןken“thus”
    Adverb · from כֵּן · “so” · Strong's H3651C
  5. יוֹרֵ֥דyo.Red“[one who] has gone down”
    Verb, qal, participle (active), masculine, singular, absolute · from יָרַד · “to go down” · Strong's H3381
  6. שְׁ֝א֗וֹלShe.ol“Sheol”
    Noun, both genders, singular, absolute · from שְׁאוֹל · “Sheol” · Strong's H7585
  7. לֹ֣אlo'“not”
    Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
  8. יַעֲלֶֽה׃ya.'a.Leh“he will come up”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from עָלָה · “rise” · Strong's H5927G
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)