Job And The Resurrection

Ἐὰν γὰρ ἄνθρωπος καταβῇ εἰς ᾅδην οὐκέτι μὴ ἀναβῇ, οὐd' οὐ μὴ ἐπιστρέψῃ ἔτι εἰς τὸν ἴδιον οἶκον οὐδὲ μὴ ἐπιγνῷ αὐτὸν ἔτι ὁ τόπος αὐτοῦ. Τινὲς δέ φασιν, ὅτι οὐ παραινούμενος τὴν ἀνάστασιν, τοῦτο λέγει· ἀλλὰ πρῶτον μὲν τὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐπίκηρον δεικνύς· ἔπειτα, ὅτι ὁ ἅπαξ ἀποθανὼν, εἰς τόνδε τὸν φθαρτὸν βίον οὐχ ὑποστρέψει, οὐδὲ τὰ συνήθη πράττων ἐπιγνωσθήσεται· ὥστε τῷ. Οὐκέτι οὐ μὴ ἀναβῇ ἐξ ᾅδου, συναπτέον τὸ, Εἰς τὸν ἴδιον οἴκον οὐκ ἐπιστρέψῇ· ἵνα εἴπῃ, ὅτι Ἀναβιώσεται μὲν, οὐ μὴν εἰς τὸν ἑαυτοῦ οἴκον ἐπιστρέψει. Ἀλλ' αὕτη μὲν ἡ ἑρμηνεία πιθανὴ, ἀληθεστέρα δὲ ἡ προτέρα, ὅτι ἠγνόει τὰ περὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως ὁ δίκαιος· ὅθεν καὶ πλέον ἐστὶ θαυμαστὸς, ὅτι μηδὲν τοιοῦτον ἐλπίζων, οὕτω τὴν ἄκραν ἀρετὴν κατώρθωσεν. Δίδυμος Αλεξανδρεύς, Ἐκλογαὶ Εἰς Τον Ιὠβ Source: Migne PG 39.1140b

For if a man goes down to hell, he shall not rise again, nor shall he return anymore to his own house, nor shall he know where his place is. 1 Some say that Job spoke like this because he does not admit the resurrection. First he reveals the fragility of men and then that once a man has died he does not return to this corruptible life, nor to his customary occupations. The words, 'He does not rise from hell,' must be connected with 'he does not return to his own house,' as if he had said, 'Certainly he may revive, but he does not return to his own house.' This is a possible interpretation, yet the former may be more true, that the righteous Job was ignorant of the resurrection of the dead and therefore he is more worthy of admiration that, not even hoping for such a thing, he showed such virtue in everything. Didymus the Blind, On Job, Fragment 1 Job 7.9-10