Midrasch zu Ijow 7:9

Raba lectured: (Ib. 29, 13) The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and the heart of the widow I caused to sing for joy, i.e., The blessing of him was ready to perish came upon me. Job used to rob a field belonging to orphans, improve it, and return it to them; and the heart of the widow ceased to sing for joy. If there was a widow whom uo one wished to marry, he put his name upon her, saying that she was his relative, and then it was easy for her to marry." (Ib. 6, 2) Oh, that my vexation could be truly weighed, and calamity, etc. Raba said: "Dust [should have been put] into Job's mouth, for he makes himself a comrade of Providence." (Ib. 9, 33) There is no one who can decide between us, who could lay his hand upon us both. Raba said: "Dust [should have been put] into Job's mouth, for has ever a slave rebuked his master?" (Ib. 31, 1) A covenant had I made with my eyes. How, then, should I fix my look on a virgin? Raba said: "He had not looked only upon strange women, but Abraham had not looked even at his own wife; as it is written (Gen. 12, 11) Now I know that thou art a woman of handsome appearance, from which it is to be inferred that before that time he did not know it." (Job 7, 9) As the cloud vanisheth and passeth away, so will he that goeth down to the other world not come up again. Raba said: "From this we see that Job denied resurrection."

The Sadducees denied the existence of the hereafter, saying: As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more (Job 7:9).¹⁸The Sadducees were a Palestinian sect presumably named after Zadok, the high priest during the reigns of David and Solomon. Hence the Holy One, blessed be He, proclaimed: And the mouth of the wicked concealeth violence (Prov. 10:6).