Where the Fathers quote Job 7

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John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:453A…n" (2 Tim. 3: 12), not speaking only of persecutions from men, but also of the stratagems of the demons. Job said: "The life of man upon the earth is a trial" (Job 7: 1). Why then are you troubled while being… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:363…life of a daily laborer. If I have sinned, what shall I be able to do? You who know the mind of men, why have you set me [as a target] to speak against you?" (Job 7:1, 20). After Eliphaz, the second to re… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:783B…are a reward in every thing, as Solomon says: For God has given great strain to men, to be exercised in it (Eccl. 3.10). And Job: All our life is a temptation (Job 7.1). He gives another testimony, that he d… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:645B…cted path, having heard that "in the world ye shall have tribulation" (John 16:33)? If Job in that time said, "Is not the life of man a trial upon the earth?" (Job 7:1), how much more so then? "But evil men… Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1469A…ome it seems to suggest only the labors of virtue, and I will come to another testimony. The most courageous Job said: "The life of man upon earth is a trial" (Job VII, 1). If, therefore, life itself is a trial… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:83A…vineyards currently flowering (if they are taken allegorically, but as existing in the midst of temptations—for the life of man upon the earth is a temptation [Job VII, 1]), I prefer the sweet fragrance of your… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:951A…ndowment of prudence are present in you, we do not think that you are utterly cast down by these things, knowing as you do that “the life of man is a warfare” (Job VII, 1), according to the renowned Job, whose… Eusebius of Alexandria 5th-6th centuryPG 86:439A…XIII. Hear Scripture saying: As the time of a daily laborer, so is the life of man upon the earth (Job VII, 1). Thus, O man, is our life situated. We… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:417C…ht, as he says: "When I sleep, I say, When is the day? And when I arise, I say again, When is eventide? And I am filled with pains from evening until morning" (Job 7.4). And all things were precipices, and c… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:479C…the day. Thus he himself, describing this new evil, cried out, saying: "If I lie down, I say, 'When is evening?' and if I rise, I say, 'When is the morning?' (Job 7:4)." For what reason, tell me? For in the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:579C…, being corroded by worms, and sitting on a dunghill, he took a potsherd and scraped it himself? "For I scrape the clods of earth from the discharge," he says (Job VII, 5). And yet those were all works of virtu… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:243A…could not even put on a garment. How could he? Indeed, perhaps the pain would have increased. "I scrape the clods of earth," he says, "wiping off the matter" (Job 7.5). His flesh teemed with matter and worm… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:703C…pressorum scutum, a vermibus consumi videbat, sedensque in sterquilinio idem ipse accepta testa radebat? ait enim, Liquefacio glebas terrae, dum saniem abrado (Job 7. 5). Et illa quidem omnia praeclara facta,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:843D…nam, propter mirabilem victoriam post pugnam. Sed Paulus non pluribus mensibus certans fuit, sed annis multis, non emolliens glebas terræ a sanie quam radebat (Job VII, 5), sed ad ipsum os leonis, ut mente conc… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:99…longer look upon or enjoy the good things of this life ver the eye of him that hath seen me shall look upon me no more thine eyes are upon me and i am no more… Diodore of Tarsus d. c. 394PG 33:1679B…he Spirit does not, 5. Hell, among the Hebrews, signifies the depth of the earth, the lowest parts of the sea, and the places of the dead, 215. That passage of Job VII, 9: If a man shall have descended into he… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:27A…s. Yet this is cured by prayer, by hope in God, and by the meditation on the divine Scriptures. TIT. VI. — On death, and the state of those in Hades. Job vii, 9. — "If a man goes down to Hades, he sha… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:199…no longer ascend nor shall he return to his own house nor shall his place know him any more while he expounds these things he speaks thus others however say job does not say this to… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1139…any more neither shall he return any more to his house nor shall his place know him any more b didymus others however do not wish these things to have been said by job as if… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:599…again neither shall he return any more into his own house nor shall his place know him any more c on account of this the just man is especially worthy of admiration because although he understood… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:27…a man goes down to hades he shall not ascend again nor shall his place know him any more job x a land of darkness and gloom a land of eternal darkness where there is no… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:99…consumed it shall pass away vers therefore i also will not spare my mouth i will speak in the anguish of my spirit symmachus however i will discourse in the bitterness of my soul i will… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:999…and again with the athlete of piety job i will not restrain my mouth i will speak in the anguish of my soul i will say to the lord do not teach me to be wicked… OrigenesPG 16:331…not a cloud is consumed and departs even so i will speak in the bitterness of my soul or a whale the hebrew labors he will comfort me my own bed will take to itself in… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:99…soul i will open the bitterness of my soul being constrained am i a sea or a whale that thou hast set a guard over me i will not be silent therefore he says but being… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:19B…Why is light given to those who are in bitterness, and life to the souls that are in sorrows, who desire death, but do not obtain it? Death is rest to a man." Job VII, 13-15. — "You frighten me with dreams, and te… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:243B…learn this from his own words: "Why do you terrify me with dreams, and shake me with visions in my sleep? When morning comes, I say, When will evening come?" (Job 7.14, 4). And though affected by so many and… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1357B…to parents. For it is not possible that we should beget them in return. TITLE IV. — On expostulation: and who those are who have expostulated with God. Job vii, 16 seqq. — I will not live forever, that I… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:621A…as, therefore, the great Job, wishing to draw down forgiveness from God, said: "What is man, that You consider him, and have made an inspection of his sins?" (Job 7:17), so let us also do, whenever we interc… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:579C…he eye of his soul toward the heights, not blaspheming but praying, and says to Him: "You who know the mind of men, why have you set me to speak against you?" (Job 7:19). "You have made me speak against your… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:49…of him who being just suffered such things for when he says why hast thou set me as a contradiction to thee b he himself did not contradict god far from it for in what matter… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:103…afterwards further placating god he says vers thou who knowest the mind of men why hast thou set me as an adversary to thee but i am a burden upon thee thou art not unaware o… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1357…i swallow my spittle in pain if i have sinned what can i do unto thee o thou who knowest the mind of men why hast thou set me as a contradiction to thee and i… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:191…wrath so as to bring everyone to the ultimate humiliation b vers what shall i do unto thee ephraim shall i protect thee israel for what does it behoove me to do for you in light… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:963A…delaying and shrinking from forgiving certain sins. Therefore he says: "And why have you not made an oblivion of my iniquity, and made a cleansing of my sin?" (Job VII, 21). The Law, therefore, long ago proc… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:849B…infirmity, as if he were peevish and reluctant to forgive sins; and thus he says: “Why hast thou not forgotten my iniquity, and hast not washed away my sin?” (Job vii, 21; ibid., 3.) Vers. 10. All the ways of… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:707A…7]. Similarly, Job also accuses the kind God, inferring: "Why have you not brought forgetfulness of my iniquity, and you brought the purification of my sin?" [Job VII, 21]. The whole synagogue of the Jews sinne…