Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 7:10
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more - He does not mean that he shall be annihilated but that he shall never more become an inhabitant of the earth. The word שאול , which we properly enough translate grave, here signifies also the state of the dead, hades, and sometimes any deep pit, or even hell itself. read more
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 7:9
As the cloud is consumed - As the cloud is dissipated, so is the breath of those that go down to the grave. As that cloud shall never return, so shall it be with the dead; they return no more to sojourn with the living. See on the following verses. read more