Job 31:27

“…from the One God, some having deified the sun, that when the sun sets they may abide in the night season without God; others the moon, to have no God by day; others the other parts of the world; others the arts; others their various kinds of food; others their pleasures; while some, mad after women, have set up on…” — editor's note: Job xxxi. 26, 27. The worship of Sun and Moon under various names was almost universal.

“That idols are not gods, and that the elements are not to be worshipped in the place of gods.” — editor's note: [The astronomical idols seem to have been the earliest adopted (Job xxxi. 27), and so the soul degraded itself to lower forms and to mere fetichism by a…

“Do thou, then (like the angels), cover thy face with thy hands, for it is not given thee to look into surpassing mysteries!” — editor's note: Cf. Is. vi. 2; Exod. iii. 6. But perhaps the reference is to Job xxxi. 26–28—“If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness, and my…

“And the blessed Job, “a man without complaint,” as the Lord says, “and one that eschews every evil,” said, “Have I seen the sun when it shone or the moon walking brightly, and my heart hath rejoiced in secret, and I have kissed my hand: what is my great iniquity and denial against the most High God?”” — editor's note: Ib. xxxi. 26–28.