Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but [have] none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Que les étoiles de son crépuscule s'obscurcissent, Qu'elle attende en vain la lumière, Et qu'elle ne voie point les paupières de l'aurore!
KJV
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but [have] none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
Origen
Commentarii In Evangelium Joannis
ῦτα ἐλάττονα ἔχει τάξιν έν τῷ παντὶ τῶν γεγεννῆσθαι λεγομένων ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ. καὶ γενόμενός γε κατὰ 8 Ι Job. 3, 9. — 13 Ι Job. 3, 8. — 23 Ι Job. 3,9. 8 γεγενημένος, corr. V Ι 19 προσενεγκάμενος, corr. We Ι 22 ἀνέγραφεν, corr. Pr | 32 ἔλαττον τι παρὰ τὸ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ γεγενῆσθαι? a. Ras…
Origen
Commentarii In Evangelium Joannis
τῶν γεγεννῆσθαι λεγομένων ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ. καὶ γενόμενός γε κατὰ 8 Ι Job. 3, 9. — 13 Ι Job. 3, 8. — 23 Ι Job. 3,9. 8 γεγενημένος, corr. V Ι 19 προσενεγκάμενος, corr. We Ι 22 ἀνέγραφεν, corr. Pr | 32 ἔλαττον τι παρὰ τὸ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ γεγενῆσθαι? a. Ras. | 36 ἐλάττονα] ε a. Ras. | 37 γεγε…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
original sin, but was cleansed therefrom before her birth from the womb. This is what is signified ( Job 3:9 ) where it is written of the night of original sin: "Let it expect light," i.e. Christ, "and not see it"---(because "no defiled thing cometh into her," as is written Wis.…
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