Job 29:15 (WEB)
I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.
Fathers and councils · 4
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VI.10Conference VI
“…they might prove acceptable and dear to God rather than to himself, when his gates stood open to every stranger, when he was “feet to lame and eyes to blind,” when the shoulders of the suffering were kept warm by the wool of his sheep, when he was a father to orphans and a husband to widows, when he did not even in…” — editor's note: Job xxix. 15.
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Ambrose of Milan
“The stranger dwelt not at my gates, but my door was open to every one that came.”” — editor's note: Job xxix. 15, 16.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“She was eyes to the blind, feet to the lame, a mother to the orphan.” — editor's note: Job xxix. 15; xxxi. 32.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“The mouth of the widow blessed me, since I was the eye of the blind; I was also the foot of the lame, and the father of the weak.”” — editor's note: Job xxix. 12, 13, 15, 16.
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in Conferences I–X VI.10.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.11.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.11.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.11.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.11.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.11.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.11.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.11.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VI.10.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VI.10.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VI.10.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VI.10.