There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name [was] Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Il y avait dans le pays d'Uts un homme qui s'appelait Job. Et cet homme était intègre et droit; il craignait Dieu, et se détournait du mal.
KJV
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name [was] Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Gregorius I Magnus
Registri Epistolarum
entiæ atque rectitudini sociatur. Unde etiam de beato Job scriptum est : Erut vir simplex et rectus (Job.1, 1). Et beatus Paulus aposto- lus adlnonet, dicens : Estote simplices in malo, et prM- dentes in bono (nom. XVI, 19). EL per semctipsam adrnoneL Veritas, dicens : stoteprude…
Clemens Romanus (Clement of Rome)
Epistula I ad Corinthios
ς τὴν Gen. 19, 27 δόξαν τοῦ θεοῦ ταπεινοφρονῶν: Ἐγὼ δέ εἰμι γῆ καὶ σποδός. ἔτι δὲ καὶ περὶ Ἰὼβ οὕτως Job 1, 1 γέγραπται: Ἰὼβ δὲ ἦν δίκαιος καὶ ἄμεμπτος, ἀληθινός, θεοσεβής, ἀπεχόμενος ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ. ἀλλ̓ αὐτὸς ἑαυτοῦ κατηγορεῖ λέγων: Job 14, 4, 5 Οὐδεὶς καθαρὸς ἀπὸ ῥύπου, οὐδ̓…
Eusebius of Caesarea
De Ecclesiastica Theologia
ν πλήττει ἡ τοιαύτη φωνὴ οὐκ ἔχουσα ἁρμονίαν. εἰ δ’ ἐπὶ τὸν υἱὸν ἐκλάβοις τὰ λόγια 2 f Joh. 1, 1 — 6 Job. 1, 1 — 10 Prov. 3, 13 — Prov. 3, 19 — 11 Prov.7,4 — 12 Prov. 8, 1 — 13 Prov. 8, 12 — Prov. 9, 1 — 21 Prov. 7, 4 — 25 I Kor. 1, 24 — 30 Prov. 9, 1 — 32 Prov. 7, 4 1 ἡ σοφία Kl…
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