Holy Scripture
Job 7:8
A church father on this verse
“The eye of man shall not see me. For 'the eye of Man' is the pity of the Redeemer, which softens the hardness of our insensibility, when it looks upon us. Hence, as the Gospel witnesses, it is said, And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord. And he went out, and wept bitterl…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
8The eye of him that sees me shall not see me again: Thine eyes are upon me, and I am no more.
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6And my life is lighter than a word, And has perished in vain hope.
7Remember then that my life is breath, And mine eye shall not yet again see good.
— Job 7:8 —
9I am as a cloud that is cleared away from the sky: For if a man go down to the grave, he shall not come up again:
10And he shall surely not return to his own house, Neither shall his place know him anymore.