Where the Fathers quote Job 6
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Expounded by the Fathers
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:1100expounds v.6“ει βρωθησεται αρτος ανευ αλος ει δε και εστι γευμα εν ρημασι κενοις”49. On «Is there any taste in empty words?»
2Job 6:2
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:363…f Job to Eliphaz: "If indeed one weighing would weigh my wrath, and lift my sorrows in the scale together, surely it will be heavier than the sand of the sea" (Job 6:2-3). Likewise that [saying]: "Does the wil…
3Job 6:3
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:213…people there are many who relish earthly things and whose foolishness is heavier than the sand of the sea among whom i believe the crowds of heretics should especially be reckoned but let us not be…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:113…kingdom of caesar to the kingdom of the heavens sin which is heavier than the sand of the sea to justice temporal things to eternal corruption to incorruption but in addition to these you also seek…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1055A…addai, which among the Hebrews sounds as one of the ten names of God, being most rich, and of Him whose goodness permeates through all creatures; therefore in Job vi, 3, it is translated ‘O panta poiēsas; "…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:363…wrath and lift my sorrows in the scale together surely it will be heavier than the sand of the sea job likewise that saying does the wild ass cry out in vain unless seeking food or…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:589…weigh my anger and take up my sorrows in a balance together it would be heavier than the sand of the seashore of polychronius and chrysostom if indeed for would that by anger here he means…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:903…i am not the cause vers their widows have been multiplied more than the sand of the sea they have made widows more than the sand of the sea they have introduced childlessness and so that…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:3005…a short time all those sins of mine which were more and heavier than the sand of the sea the angel said to him if i did not spare the priest zechariah who did not believe…
Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:87…and take up my sorrows in a balance together it would indeed be heavier than the sand of the sea since eliphaz had spoken reproachfully to job saying if you have instructed many to patiently endure…
4Job 6:4
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:863…as Job also says: The wrath of the Lord is in my body [Job 6:4]. But why is wrath now said to be revea…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:89…will not fear from ten thousands of the people of those who set themselves in array against me round about trusting he says in your help the help of which i have spoken and by those…
6Job 6:6
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1263…words of the apostle anyone who remembers him who said can bread be eaten without salt or is there any taste in empty words will learn to dispense his words for the edification of faith that…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:845A…s sprinkled with salt and decorated in a way so that it might be offered prudently and with reason. For bread is not eaten without salt, just as it is written [Job vi, 6]. And again: "You are the salt of the e…
Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:89…but rather looked toward the contention of his discourse b will bread be eaten without salt or is there taste in empty words symmachus however will a thing that is unseasoned be eaten as it lacks…
7Job 6:7
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:935C…f his evils, but pains were added to him, both by day and by night; and a new and unexpected hunger besieged him. "My bread," he says, "I see to be my stench" (Job vi, 7), daily reproaches, sneers, gibes, laug…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:563…s afflicted oppressed every appetite, and poured trouble even upon the table itself. This is what he declared also in these words: "I see my food as a stench" (Job VI, 7). And the force of hunger indeed compel…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:701C…f the wounds upon his body, meeting him first, destroyed his desire and was filling the very table with repulsion. "For I see my food," he says, "as a stench" (Job 6:7). The urgency of hunger was compelling…
8Job 6:8
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:579D…me what I wait for? And [that] He who began, might bruise me, and cut me off even to the end: and let that city, upon whose walls I leaped, be a grave to me" (Job VI, 8-9). 8. How Much Fruit Arises from Ca…
10Job 6:10
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:43A…sses the Hebrew reading of the present day םםם, and so A. LXX, Th., V. read it. But Symmachus reads: for he translates םם םםםם, and Jerome, in the mountains, Job vi, 10, םם, which others translate םם, still…
12Job 6:12
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:363…moan out in voice when it has food in the manger or is my strength the strength of stones or is my flesh brass ibid v man's life upon the earth is as a trial or…
Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:91…endure or what is my time that my soul should hold out is my strength the strength of stones or is my flesh of bronze b polychronius and olympiodorus but aquila and what is my end…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:39…now even the light of my eyes d is not with me is my strength the strength of stones i also will say what job said thou hast made me a proverb o lord and a…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:317…that i stand much lower than the height of these evils for is my strength the strength of stones wretched man that i am and my soul is wasted away like a spider and i stand…
21Job 6:21
Eutychius of Constantinople c. 512-582PG 86:2337C…senses those who are negligent and attempt to set aside the solitary and angelic life), he taught them the word said to Job, saying: “Seeing my plague, fear” (Job VI, 21); and: “Let not thy foot be moved, and…
24Job 6:24
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:381B…your pride." Num. XV, 30. — "The soul which shall do anything through pride, as well of the native-born as of the proselytes, this one shall provoke God." Job VI, 24. — "The fear of the Lord shall fall upo…
29Job 6:29
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1387A…nd all the people shall say, Amen. Cursed is he who perverts the judgment of the sojourner, and the orphan, and the widow; and all the people shall say, Amen.” Job 6:29 — “Sit down, and let there be no injust…
362Job 6:362
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:1361…. Fronto Ducæus translated it. Doubtful if it is Chrysostom's. II, 801. — Montf. II, 805. Savile VII, 533. Duc. VI, 302. Job is called. Synopsis of the book of Job. VI, 362. — Montf. VI, 366. Just as, brethren, t…