Where the Fathers quote Job 38

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Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:637expounds v.2“τις ουτος ο κρυπτων με βουλην συνεχων δε ρηματα εν καρδια εμε δε οιεται κρυπτειν”Catechesis for the Illuminandi on «Maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible» and reading from Job: «Who is this that hides couns Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:329expounds v.17“ανοιγονται δε σοι φοβω πυλαι θανατου πυλωροι δε αδου ιδοντες σε επτηξαν”238. On the Savior’s saying regarding the Church: «Gates of Hades» Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:729expounds v.17“ανοιγονται δε σοι φοβω πυλαι θανατου πυλωροι δε αδου ιδοντες σε επτηξαν”On the Savior’s promise: «The gates of Hades» John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:367C…ill they go? Who gave wisdom of texture to women? Who prepared food for the raven? For its young ones have cried to the Lord wandering, seeking provisions (Job 38:2, 8, 11, 14, 17, 22, 24, 25, 28). The as… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:981…d Job also is commanded by the Lord to gird himself. For as a symbol of a certain manliness and preparedness for work, He says: Gird up thy loins like a man (Job XXXVIII, 3). And it is clear that the use of a… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:449…h," saying; and when God appeared, "I will lay my hand upon my mouth": even though God was challenging him and saying: "Nay, but gird up thy loins like a man" (Job 38. 3; 40. 2). And he reproaches the Jews wit… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:165C…be girded belongs to a watching soul, hear God saying to that righteous man: "But gird up your loins like a man; for I will ask you, and do you answer me" (Job 38. 3). This He says also to all the saints,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:645…he is nourished vers gird up thy loins like a man and i will demand of thee and answer thou me since job had been struck down by despondency and had collapsed in spirit he rouses… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:987A…our body. By the belt, he understands fortitude, from which God, raising up Job, who was oppressed by passions and dangers, said: Gird thy loins like a man (Job XXXVIII, 3). By the cydaris, because it is a garme… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:43A…vi, 30, the word םםם, their light, the LXX read םםם; for thus they express it in Greek letters םםם, where the change of ם in ם and of ם in ם is observed. And Job xxxviii, 4, where the Hebrew has םםם, how else rea… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:593…nature are unknown as we have learned in job the lord saying where wast thou when i laid the foundations of the earth tell me now if thou hast understanding who set the measurements of it… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1517C…conceived beforehand, which are its foundations. And it is said by the Lord himself to Job, who founded the earth: "Where were you when I founded the earth?" (Job XXXVIII, 4). The Lord, through whom all things wer… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:639D…ciples, its foundation exists. But it was said to Job by the Lord himself, as if he himself had founded the earth: "Where wast thou when I founded the earth?" (Job 38:4). But the Lord, through whom all things… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:537A…e Master of wonders, wishing at one time to astound Job with the history of creation, says to him: Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? (Job 38:4). Or, that I may be brief, when the mou… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1423…he know anything of human affairs for where he says were you when i laid the foundations of the earth tell me if you have understanding but the righteous man does not answer the question in… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2085…foundations of the earth are unknown to human nature where were you when i laid the foundations of the earth tell me if you understand wisdom who set its measures if you know or who stretched… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1569C…vulture, sitting upon its nest, dwell on the prominence of the rock and in secret places; existing there, does he seek food? And his eyes look out from afar." Job xxxviii, 4; xxxix, 1-6. — "Who prepared for the ra… OrigenesPG 16:523…his bases version of the hebraic text obscuring counsel where were you when i laid the foundations of the earth line his bases vulgata latina involving sentences where were you when i laid the foundations of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:645…its seat was a work of rare and exquisite craftsmanship vers who laid the measures thereof if thou knowest or who is he that hath brought a line upon it… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1597A…ings in order. But when he treats of dividing the water from the land, the authors of this interpretation can also be seen to have alluded to that [passage] of Job xxxviii, 6: "Upon what," that is, "are its bases f… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1707A…rning the double delta, that is, the daleth marked with a daghesh point, is unknown to the Hebrews: for this word is used of the earth in the same chapter, Job XXXVIII, 6: upon what are its foundations fastene… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:877C…y your curiosity, while handling things too incomprehensible, the word of Job may seem to stand in the way, and you be asked upon what its circles are fixed (Job XXXVIII, 6). But even if you ever hear in the psal… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:975A…1, ch. 6: "Or how if it is upon the waters is it not submerged into the water, a heavy ruin of the lands." Col. 24 A 4. Epi tinos hoi krikoi. The passage is Job 38:6, on which Olympiodorus notes: "But othe… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:465A…, and they shuddered. But that the angels were not co-workers, but admirers, God says to Job: When I made the stars, all my angels praised me and sang hymns (Job 38:7). Let us make man . This word… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:49A…with a voice—that the work should follow. This, God Himself has demonstrated to the blessed Job, saying: “When the stars were made, all my angels praised me” (Job xxxviii, 7). For it is evident that as He did with… Theodore Meliteniotes fl. mid-14th c., d. 1393PG 149:989C…s were created, He who numbers the multitudes of the stars and calls them all by name says to Job: “All my angels praised me with a loud voice and sang hymns” (Job xxxviii, 7). What more? The blessed Abraham, born… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1699D…ry of the Nile. But what the heretics attribute to Astaphios, Scripture gives to the Spirit of God, Gen. I, 2. Nay, God himself claims this glory for himself, Job XXXVIII, 8 and 9: Who shut up the sea with doors,… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:45C…daries, placing bars and gates, and I said to it: "Up to this point you shall come, and you shall not go beyond, but in yourself your waves shall be broken."» (Job xxxviii, 8–10) «Gathering as into a bottle the water… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1699…it brake forth as if it had issued out of the womb when i made the cloud the garment thereof and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it i restrained it by my decree and enclosed it… Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:249B…does not transgress the barriers placed around it, but does as He commanded it. For He said: "Thus far you shall come, and your waves shall break within you" (Job xxxviii, 10, 11). The ocean, impassable to men, and… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1707A…the true and simple meaning of this word, but refers to some place in Scripture where the separation of the earth from the water is treated. That is, I think, Job XXXVIII, 10 and 11, where God, speaking of the sea,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:631D…hich administers the marital use. But just as He set shores as boundaries for the sea, saying: "Hitherto you shall come, and here you shall restrain yourself" (Job 38:11): so He set marriage as a boundary for… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:775D…third will be the spring of that great year, in which, of course, all things are changed for the better. (45) Among the LXX: And the sea is not filled. (46) Job XXXVIII, 11; but the end among the LXX is as they h… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1089C…tale, and abstain from everyone. This is a matter of self-will, and not of the saints. For it is said: "Hitherto you shall come, and shall not go further" (Job XXXVIII, 11). For did they not know how to investig… John Chilas of Ephesus fl. c. 1330–1350PG 135:501A…day, and its violent onrush has no end, unless perhaps it should hear: "Hitherto thou shalt come, and shalt go no further, but here shall thy waves be broken" [Job xxxviii, 11]. In the book of Leviticus [Levit. xxvi… Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1085…catholic and apostolic church extended from the ends of the earth to the ends of the earth that the lord may keep it unshaken and untossed by waves and preserve it unto the consummation of the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:609…the word of god the glory of the ephesians and the herald of the ends of the earth the lyre of theology worthily called theologian the cherubic mouth and the seraphic mystery teacher or even if… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 137:513…also our emperor which with a great and lofty voice delivered to the ends of the earth that the one christ the son of god is composed of two natures and is glorified in these same… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:989B…o spoke with Job also mentions the fountains of the sea, saying: Hast thou come to the fountains of the sea? or hast thou walked in the tracks of the abyss? (Job XXXVIII, 16). Seeing that Scripture also teaches th… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:667…brazen the lord says in job hast thou come to the fountains of the sea or hast thou walked in the tracks of the deep are the gates of death opened to thee and have the… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:165D…s deiform and divine thing—that is, our mind and reason—shall have been joined with its kindred nature, and when the image shall have ascended Rom. xi, 33. Job xxxviii, 16. Isa. xiv, 12. Exod. xiv, 20. Psa… Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1203…this means immune from sins truly it is written thus in job have the gates of death been opened to thee and hast thou seen the dark doors of the descent of christ into hell in… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1045C…f names we are not led into a confusion of the things signified at all, and before themselves being understanding. » But what Cornarius adds in the margin, Job 38, 19, seems to allude to Basil at Job 38, 19… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1045C…of the things signified at all, and before themselves being understanding. » But what Cornarius adds in the margin, Job 38, 19, seems to allude to Basil at Job 38, 19, in which per viam ubi lux habitat, et… OrigenesPG 16:1301D…quila brought "curves," and Symmachus "ways," and Theodotion "rollers." Elsewhere the same word is "tracks," as in v. 15, and the paths of Psalm CXLVII, 4, and Job XXXVIII, 20, where Symmachus and Jerome have "paths… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:367…the porters of hell seen you and feared have you come to the treasures of the snow or have you seen the treasures of the hail but whence does the frost proceed who prepared the flow… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:647…it can see and embrace so many bodies in number vers or hast thou entered into the treasures of snow or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail and they are laid up for thee… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:405…hail which are reserved for you against the time of the enemy against the day of battle and war of chrysostom and olympiodorus he calls them storehouses not because they are warehouses but because he shows… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:299B…in Drusius. But I do not doubt it to be Symmachus'. For Exod. x, 15, Aquila and Symmachus translate the word [Hebrew text omitted] twice as kausōnia; but in Job XXXVIII, 24, Symmachus translates [Hebrew text omit… OrigenesPG 16:527…no man is the desert where there is no man in it to satisfy the desolate and waste ground and to cause the shoot of the grass to spring forth is there a father to the… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:407…a vers who is the father of rain or who hath begotten the drops of dew from whose womb cometh the ice and the frost in heaven who hath brought it forth… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1109A…even by the testimony of Scripture, is named Orion, because it is compacted into one body.” But Scripture nowhere testifies to this; it only mentions Orion in Job XXXVIII, 31: Kai φραγμόν Ὡρίωνος ἤνοιξας. And you… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 37:189A…also says, And the nestlings of the ravens call upon God (Job XXXVIII, 41), that the nature of birds might be indicated, and Pleias and Vesper and Arcturus (Job XXXVIII, 31, 32) are mentioned instead of all the s… Leo Allatius 1586-1669PG 18:819D…aks in lib... Olympiodorus defends this sentiment of Eustathius in Job on those words of ch. XXXVIII: "And it is spread out like the dust of the earth" (Job XXXVIII, 38). Note the sentiment of John Chrysostom… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1007A…his sentiment and the history peri monotokias (concerning single births), which mentions several cubs of a lioness, not in the singular number of a cub only, Job XXXVIII, 39: “Will you hunt prey for the lioness, a… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:207…e color, but as a symbol of the deepest things, full of dark water in the clouds of the air; concerning which Job said: Who has prepared food for the raven? (Job XXXVIII, 41). And his young ones will cry to the L… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 37:189A…hat such matters are stated by synecdoche, the whole being indicated by the part; just as Scripture also says, And the nestlings of the ravens call upon God (Job XXXVIII, 41), that the nature of birds might be ind…