Where the Fathers quote Job 39

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John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:537A…I laid the foundations of the earth? (Job 38:4). Or, that I may be brief, when the mountains were fashioned? Hast thou observed the offspring of the deer? (Job 39:1). Relate to me, he says, the formation… Athanasius I of Constantinople c. 1230 – c. 1310PG 142:485B…to, nulla substantia præditum et fictum; sive cum hæc Scripturam alicubi dicentem audiisset: «Quando mare obstetricabatur, tu observasti partus hircocervorum» (Job xxxix, 1); inde sibi antiquitatis et generis… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:825…n (to bear birth pangs) is said either of the mother herself 118 a. m., or of that which is born 375 init., or of one who attends at a birth and gives aid, as Job xxxix. 2. From this is to be explained the obscu… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:647D…hirsting for the spiritual waters. God indicated these things to Job when speaking to him: Who is he who sent the wild donkey free? And who loosened his bonds (Job 39:5)? 13. Watering the mountains from his u… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:651…the following verse also represents this meaning vers who is it that hath sent out the wild ass free and who hath loosed his bonds who he says has so ordained this who has laid down… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1569…hast thou reared their young without fear and who is he that hath sent out the wild ass free and who hath loosed his bonds i have set his dwelling in the desert etc prov vi… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:799A…For thus those same interpreters are accustomed to translate the word Arabah, namely Aquila, plain, as above v. 1, also below ch. III, v. 17; Joshua XI, 2; Job XXXIX, 6, and elsewhere, Symmachus: plain, or.… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:849A…e quiet, and that you do your own business, and work with your own hands." Job iii, 13. — "Thou shalt rest, and there shall be none to make thee afraid." Job xxxix, 7. — "He scorneth the multitude of the ci… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:391B…he unicorn is an animal having a single horn on its head, concerning which the Lord God, speaking with Job, says: "Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee?" [Job xxxix, 9], by this indicating both the strength… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:413…led toward the life which has no end vers will the monoceros unicorn be willing to serve thee or to sleep at thy manger and wilt thou bind its yoke with thongs or will it draw… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1017B…n of the sea." Cornarius here translates less aptly as "clinging from the four living creatures." Col. 205 B 13. For as in Job. What is in the Latin Vulgate Job XXXIX, 10: "Will the rhinoceros be willing to ser… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:413…it draw thy furrows in the plain b dost thou trust in him because his strength is great or wilt thou leave thy works to him and wilt thou trust that he will render the seed… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:367C…e ground. When God has caused him to lose wisdom, he will laugh at the horse. By your knowledge the hawk has stood, the vulture sitting upon its nest lingers" (Job 39:13, 14, 17, 18, 26, 27). The Lord spoke ye… OrigenesPG 16:2015…ording to the opinion." v. 7. Aq., "the heron." Colbert. and the ms. Jes. and likewise Victor of Antioch; Olympiodorus truly, an Indian species is the asida. Job xxxix, 13, Asida is the heron according to Aqui… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:929B…ength to the horse, or clothe his neck with neighing? He exults boldly; he proceeds to meet the armed men. He mocks at fear, and does not yield to the sword" (Job xxxix, 19 sq.), etc. But regarding marine reptile… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1569C…rest in God. Make God the beginning and the end of all things. TIT. II. — Concerning brute animals that are adorned with a certain natural wisdom. Job xxxix, 19, 29. — "Hast thou clothed the horse wit… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:77D…v, 18, where it is read in Hebrew athon. Besides those causes of mutations, not a few others have occurred because of the similarity of words or sound. Thus Job xxxix, 21, in Hebrew is read li-krat..., in mee… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:811D…t, let us take the example which is spoken of in Job concerning the intelligible horse and rider, in this way: Who in anger, he says, demolishes the earth (Job 39. 21). Therefore, whoever is the intelligibl… OrigenesPG 16:539…with force and anger he will dig and he will not believe that it is the sound of the trumpet and from afar he will smell the war he will inhabit the rock and will dwell… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:577D…ipture compares the man who is carried along by such intense zeal to a war-horse, which is so affected that it “smells the war from afar with blood and voice” (Job XXXIX, 25). For indeed, the high-necked horse, by… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:917B…will the eagles be gathered together." For Scripture speaks about vultures in Job: "That wherever the body is, there will the young of the vultures be found" (Job 39. 30). For this is natural to vultures, as s… OrigenesPG 16:539…inhabit the rock and will dwell and the fortification they will absorb blood and where the slain are there is he does instruction contend with the almighty let him who argues with god answer him trample… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1093C…o us, for speaking many words before the Lord." Job ix, 32. — "You are not a man like me, with whom I may litigate, that we may come together into judgment." Job xxxix, 34. — "Why am I still judged, being admoni… Anthony the GreatPG 40:1035…and ashes, and he repented that he had spoken to the Lord, and said: "I will lay my hands upon my mouth, for I have spoken once, and I will not return again" (Job xxxix, 34, 35). In like manner also, the prophet… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:537A…hin creation itself are incomprehensible to men. Then the blessed one, stricken with awe, says: Lord, I have spoken once, but upon the second I will not add (Job 39:35). Then the questioning of visible thing…