Holy Scripture
Job 14:20
A church father on this verse
“"A person is punished," Job says, "and, even if he has many descendents, he does not know them. In fact, after his death, he is often deprived of the pleasures that he was accustomed to enjoy while alive. What is the pleasure of leaving children after one who has departed?" You see, everywhere Job emphasizes the ephem…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
20Thou drivest him to an end, and he is gone: Thou settest thy face against him, and sendest him away;
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In context
18And verily a mountain falling will utterly be destroyed, And a rock shall be worn out of its place.
19The waters wear the stones, And waters falling headlong overflow a heap of the earth: And thou destroyest the hope of man.
— Job 14:20 —
21And though his children be multiplied, he knows it not; And if they be few, he is not aware.
22But his flesh is in pain, And his soul mourns.