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1Job 4:1
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:615…not blotted out but await the resurrection h chapter xv h ver then eliphaz the temanite answered and said shall a wise man give an answer of the spirit of understanding and filled his belly with… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:69…philosophized in such a way in the midst of his torments h then eliphaz the temanite answered and said h suscipiens that is when he had taken up the words of job c theodotio explains it…
2Job 4:2
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:977B…those who were fainting with words, and put courage into weak knees; but now pain has come upon you, and you have become troubled. Is not your fear in folly?" (Job IV, 2, 6). And what he says is of this sort:…
5Job 4:5
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:631B…occasion to slander the life of others as well; which indeed the friends were telling the noble Job: "You have been scourged less than your sins deserve" (Job IV, 5). And the barbarians who saw the viper…
7Job 4:7
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:363…ad no food; the lion's cubs have separated from one another. Thus the mortal world is not in the sight of the Lord, nor is a man without blame from his works" (Job 4:7, 10-11, 17). "The foolish," he says, "e… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:579C…o not cast a vote against God's justice. They reject Job's justice but strip away God's justice when they say to him: "When did the righteous perish utterly?" (Job 4:7 — when did you see the righteous perish…
8Job 4:8
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1149B…xix, 29) "They who sow iniquities shall reap sorrows. By the command of the Lord they shall perish, and by the spirit of his wrath they shall be destroyed." (Job iv, 8) "Before the face of the ungodly who h… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1475A…f orphans, and have taken the widow’s ox as a pledge. They turned the weak from the just way; and with one accord they have surrounded the meek of the earth." Job IV, 8. — "They who sow bad things, shall reap… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1521B…gs, with the extremities of their feet and hands cut off, were gathering what fell under my table. As I have done, therefore, so God has rendered to me.'" Job iv, 8. — "They who sow base things, shall rea…
10Job 4:10
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1131…who would willingly keep silent to offer a refutation verse the strength of the lion and the voice of the lioness and the roaring of the dragons have been extinguished the myrmecoleon has perished for want… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:471A…he voice of the lioness, the pride of the dragons has been extinguished. The myrmecoleon has perished for not having prey. The young of the vultures fly high" (Job IV, 10, 41)? Why did another prophet say, "As… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:71…preserved for those who sow such things reap barrenness vers the strength of the lion and the voice of the lioness and the pride of the dragons have been extinguished the myrmecoleon has perished because it…
13Job 4:13
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1105D…ot accustomed to express both this and other Hebrew words in Greek, sometimes clearly by different [ones], as they translate this also as ⟦Greek text omitted⟧. Job IV, 13: ⟦Greek text omitted⟧. ⟦Greek text omit… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1689…for god speaketh once yea twice in a dream in a vision of the night when deep sleep falleth upon man d we however beloved ought not easily to lend faith or assent to dreams even…
18Job 4:18
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:591B…, but left their own habitation, in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day (Jud. 6). And in Job: "He does not trust in His holy angels (Job IV, 18), and He devised something crooked agai… Antonius Augustinus Touttée 1677-1718PG 33:203B…only the things on the earth, but also those in the heavens." See the same in ch. 2, ver. 16. Olympiodorus in his catena on Job, pp. 149, 150, on that text of Job iv, 18, according to the LXX: "If he does not…
19Job 4:19
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:715A…clay and a potter the substance is one, as is said by Job: "I, too, dwell in houses of clay," he says, "from which we ourselves also are, from the same clay" (Job IV, 19). But if man appears more excellent and… OrigenesPG 16:315…not stable and in his angels he finds perversity also those dwelling in houses of clay whose foundation is in the dust how much more those who dwell in houses of clay those who have an… Leontius of ByzantiumPG 86:1601…us that is our soul is another and when it says touch them that dwell in houses of clay of which we also are of the same clay we are one thing as clay and the…
21Job 4:21
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1213B…immediately their habitation was consumed." Job xxx, 4—"Dishonored and despised, lacking every good, they even ate the roots of trees because of great famine." Job IV, 21—"They perished because they had no wisd…