Job 31:28 (WEB)
this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have denied the God who is above.
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Ambrose of Milan
“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…
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Leo the Great
“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.
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