Job 30:29 (WEB)
I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
Fathers and councils · 3
Gregory of Nyssa
“Thus we hear in Job of Amalthea’s horn, and in Esaias of the Sirens, the former thus naming plenty after the conceit of the Greeks, the latter representing the pleasure derived from hearing, by the figure of the Sirens.” — editor's note: Isaiah xiii. 21. καὶ ἀναπαύσονται ἐκεῖ σειρῆνες, καὶ δαιμόνια ἐκεῖ ὀρχήσονται, “and ostriches shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there” (R.V.). The LXX.…
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Gregory the Great
“And the blessed Job says, I have been a brother of dragons, and a companion of owls (Job xxx. 29).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“The blessed Job says of the society of the reprobate, I have been a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls (Job xxx. 29).” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV X.9.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV X.9.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV X.9.