Holy Scripture
Job 7:9
A church father on this verse
“As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away; so he that goeth down to hell shall come up no more. For a cloud is suspended in the higher regions, but it is condensed and driven by the wind that it flies, and it is scattered by the heat of the sun that it vanishes. Thus, thus verily is it with the hearts of men, which…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
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:
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7Remember then that my life is breath, And mine eye shall not yet again see good.
8The eye of him that sees me shall not see me again: Thine eyes are upon me, and I am no more.
— Job 7:9 —
10And he shall surely not return to his own house, Neither shall his place know him anymore.
11Then neither will I refrain my mouth: I will speak being in distress; Being in anguish I will disclose the bitterness of my soul.