Where the Fathers quote Job 25
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Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:1237expounds v.5“ει σεληνῃ συντασσει, και ουκ επιφαυσκει, αστρα δε ου καθαρα εναντιον αυτου.”153. On the scripture, «I have commanded all the stars» and «The stars are not pure in His sight» (from Job).
4Job 25:4
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1171A…linded themselves through drunkenness, insubordination, and avarice. TITLE XIII. — On impeccability: and that no one besides God is immune from sin. Job xxv, 4. — "Shall man be pure before the Lord?"…
5Job 25:5
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:863D…is feet, seems obscure. It can therefore be answered that there is no one without sin [Job XV, 14], and the stars themselves are not clean in the sight of God [Job XXV, 5], and every creature fears the coming o…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:975A…the faith, recorded them at the end of his letter to Menas. In the first place (num. 2), he shows that the stars are not immune from the contagion of sin from Job xxv, 5: Stars are not clean in his sight. To…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:977A…arguments, and he undermines the foundation established in this passage of Scripture, Job xxv, 5: "But the stars are not clean in his si…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:591B…And in Job: "He does not trust in His holy angels (Job IV, 18), and He devised something crooked against His angels; and the stars are not clean in His sight" (Job XXV, 5). Moreover, Paul writes: "Do you not kn…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:611…for some of the angels did not keep their own rank and the stars are not pure in his sight and the devil fell from heaven and adam transgressed d and all things are subject to…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:519…his denial in his very repentance b again the holy prophet said the stars are not pure in his sight if the stars are not pure why do you call the pure merciful and clement god…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:931C…es that he will be found just in His sight, concerning whom the most blessed Job says: "The stars are not clean in His sight, and heaven is not without fault" (Job 25:5)? If, therefore, the impeccable nature…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:849C…lean from sins?" (Prov. XX, 9.) And the divine Scripture, extending this said truth to an extreme degree, says: "The stars also are not pure in his sight" (Job XXV, 5). For angels, although they far differ…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:849…even one nor indeed capable of tasting or touching his mysteries for the stars are not pure in his sight he says how much less any of those who are considered to be pure yet that…
James of Kokkinobaphos fl. 12th c.PG 127:619…job who says job xv xxv the heaven is not clean and the stars are not pure in his sight but what could be purer than this one what could be cleaner for that most excellent…
6Job 25:6
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:341D…f pride, you will burst it like a bubble. For if you think of yourself as earth, and ashes, and smoke, and grass, and a worm (Eccli. 10:9; Ps. 101:4; Ps. 89:6; Job 25:6)—as Scripture teaches—you will neither…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1113C…s a flower that has blossomed he falls; and he flees as a shadow, and does not continue.» (Job XIV, 1, 2). «Man is rottenness, and the son of man is a worm.» (Job XXV, 6).…
Charles du Fresne Du Cange 1610-1688PG 131:1215…ncient writer, Moses, uses the word which denotes a worm for purple, as can be seen in Exod. xxv, 4; xxxv, 35; xxxix, 3; Leviticus xiv, 4 and 6. Then, besides, Job xxv, 6; Isa. i, 13; xiv, 11; xli, 14; Thren. i…
15Job 25:15
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1171A…Job xxv, 4. — "Shall man be pure before the Lord?" Job xxiv, 5. — "Who is pure from filth? No, not even one, if his life upon the earth be but one day." Job xxv, 15. — "The heavens are not clean in his si…