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8. The eye of him who beholds me (present, not past), that is, in
the very act of beholding me, seeth me no more.
Thine eyes are upon me, and I
am not--He disappears, even while
God is looking upon him. Job cannot survive the gaze of Jehovah
(Ps 104:32;
Re 20:11).
Not, "Thine eyes seek me and I am not to be found"; for God's eye
penetrates even to the unseen world
(Ps 139:8).
UMBREIT unnaturally takes "thine" to refer to one of
the three friends.
JFB.
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