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Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:780expounds v.25“εξελεξαμην οδον αυτων και εκαθισα αρχων και κατεσκηνουν ωσει βασιλευς εν μονοζωνοις ον τροπον παθεινους παρακαλων.”The meaning of: «I was a king among the solitary»
2Job 29:2
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:3147…of pleasant things and coming into a surging sea of distressing ones oh that i were as in the months of old as in the days when god watched over me when his lamp shone upon… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1181…UESTIONES. Job, chap. VI, 3, q. I, c. 26. — chap. III, 3, q. CLXXIV. — chap. VI, 11, q. I, c. 28. — chap. XI, 7, q. XXXIV. — chap. XXIII, 3, q. I, c. 28. — Job XXIX, 2, q. I, c. 27. — chap. XXXVIII, 30, q. X…
3Job 29:3
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:3147…god watched over me when his lamp shone upon my head and by his light i walked through darkness when i was happy in my journeys when the lord watched over my tabernacle when i was…
4Job 29:4
Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:299…follow their guidance vers when i was heavy with ways symmachus says as i was in the days of my youth that is when on all sides like fruit bearing trees i was weighed down with… OrigenesPG 16:459…the ancient months when god was guarding me in making it shine as i was in the days of my youth in the secret of god in my tabernacle my circuits of my boys boys vulgata… OrigenesPG 16:461…h symmachus who will give to me according to the first months as i was in the days of my youth when god surrounded my tabernacle youths the lxx interpreters who would grant me to be…
8Job 29:8
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:3149…seat was placed the young men saw me and hid themselves the elders rose up men of mature age ceased to speak laying their finger upon their… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:299…love he would sit in the squares early in the morning vers the young men saw me and hid themselves but the old men all stood up varie lectiones…
12Job 29:12
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1191D…r and judge over us? Do you want to kill me, just as you killed the Egyptian yesterday? And Moses was afraid, and said: Is this thing become so manifest? » Job 29. 12, 17. — « I saved the poor from the hand… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:209A…ll surely hear their cry; and I will be wrathful with fury, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children orphans.” Job xxix, 12, 13. — “The mouth of the widow blessed…
13Job 29:13
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1477…as a father of the poor, and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently. I broke the jaws of the wicked, and took the prey out of their teeth" (Job XXIX, 13-17), and the rest. For we, whom your great… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1727C…who was perishing came upon me; the mouth of the widow blessed me; I was an eye to the blind, and a foot to the lame; and my door was open to every passerby" (Job 29, 13-15). And Isaiah says: "Bring the homeless… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:29B…ve, as ripe wheat harvested in its season." ⟦Job v, 26⟧ "Death is a rest for a man." ⟦Job xvii, 16⟧ "Let the blessing of him who is perishing come upon me." ⟦Job xxix, 13⟧ "It is better to go to the house of m…
14Job 29:14
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:149A…ving professed a care for the poor, under this empty pretext embark upon despoiling them with sacrilegious audacity. Confer ep. 88 and 111 this book I. 278 How Job xxix, 14 et seq., rightly commemorated his own g…
15Job 29:15
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:577A…er to the helpless, and I searched out the cause which I knew not, and I broke the grinders of the unrighteous, and I snatched the plunder out of their teeth" (Job 29. 15-17). The helpless, whatever need they ever… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:571…money, but they also took care of them. I was, he says, eye to the blind and foot to the lame, and I snatched away the prey from the midst of their teeth (Job 29:15, 17). Do you see him both caring for th… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:503B…nest. How honest? If they relieve poverty, if they sustain want. Hear Job saying: "I was an eye to the blind, a foot to the lame, I was a father to the needy" (Job XXIX, 15, 16). Behold wealth without sin, but wi… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:571A…wever, that he possessed little, for what he did possess, he gave to each poor person, as he himself says: "I was an eye to the blind, and a foot to the lame" (Job 29:15). But his resources were not enough for… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:641…m about on the inside and the outside?" (Job 1. 10). Why? Hear Job himself saying: "I was an eye to the blind," he says, "foot to the lame, father of orphans" (Job 29. 15). Just as one who does not cut himself… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:481D…r of all, a common physician, nay rather, even something greater than a physician: hear at least himself saying: I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame (Job 29. 15). Do you see how he was greater than a… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:763C…v, 11. — There shall not be a needy person from the land. Therefore, I command you this word, saying: Opening, you shall open your hands to your poor brother. Job xxix, 15. — I was an eye to the blind, and a foo… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1455D…id not bless me? And from the shearing of my sheep their shoulders were warmed. I was an eye to the blind, and a foot to the lame; I was a father to the weak (Job xxix, 15-16).…
16Job 29:16
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 19:721…his children asutius gurghenius and senecherimus succeed him basilius years asutius who was a father to the poor and needy died piously sembatus years sembatus son of asutius surnamed sahensahus great prince of the armenians gregorius… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1451…blind and a foot to the lame i was the father of the poor and the cause which i knew not i searched out most diligently i broke the jaws of the wicked and out of… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1477…blind and a foot to the lame i was a father of the poor and the cause which i knew not i searched out most diligently i broke the jaws of the wicked and took the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:577…says an eye to the blind and a foot to the lame i was a father to the helpless and i searched out the cause which i knew not and i broke the grinders of the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:565…widow blessed me from the shearing of my sheep they were warmed i was a father to the poor so it is clear that he was wealthy through everything a whole treasury both through words and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:567B…was as a father to orphans, and in the place of a husband to their mother. A judgment which I did not know, I searched out, and I restrained the unrighteous (Job 29:16, 12). And this man, who draws his origi… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:481…appointed judge or rather even more than a judge for says he the cause which i knew not i searched out and i brake the jaws of the wicked and plucked the spoil out of their… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:515…is permitted even here for job to boast and say the judgment which i knew not i searched out and i broke the jaws of the wicked the just man will do injury to no one… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:631…is taken for intellectual guidance and the foot for the moral vers i was a father to the weak impotent not even here did he say i consoled orphans but i did not even allow a… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:303…covered with their confusion as with a cloak vers and the judgment which i knew not i searched out he teaches us in this place how we ought to judge if ever we are called to… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1727C…his other virtues, excelled in the kind reception of guests: "For I was," he says, "a father to the weak; and I saved the poor from the hand of the powerful" (Job 29, 16). And again: "The blessing of one who w…
17Job 29:17
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:511A…also wonderfully accomplished by him. I have broken, he says, the grinders of the wicked, and out of the midst of their teeth I have plucked away the prey (Job XXIX, 17). I put on justice, and I was clothed… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:481…for says he the cause which i knew not i searched out and i brake the jaws of the wicked and plucked the spoil out of their teeth ibid this is much more than a judge…
18Job 29:18
OrigenesPG 16:463…perishing came upon me and i comforted the heart of the widow i said i shall die in my nest my root has been opened beside the waters and dew shall tarry in my harvest my…
21Job 29:21
Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:305…affable when speaking to all he says vers they that heard me waited and kept silence at my counsel and to my word they did not add b they attended to the things that were being…
25Job 29:25
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:851…12, 14, 15, 21, 26, are preferred by the Coislin codex. V. 2. "Another, [he chose]." Basil. This is, perhaps, Symmachus, who translates the word [he chose] in Job XXIX, 25. Ibid. "Another, that it may be." Basil… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:307…gravity vers i chose their way and sat as chief and i dwelt as a king in the army symmachus truly for that i chose their way translated if i had determined to go to them…