Job 40:4

“Job xl. 4.” — the author cites it

“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…

“…to have suffered what he had suffered, thus saying, “Why do I plead any more, being admonished and reproved of the Lord, hearing such things, I being nothing?”” — editor's note: Job xl. 4, LXX.

“Nor is it easy to find anyone who recollects him, and does not, as the Scripture says, lay his hand upon his mouth and salute his memory.” — editor's note: Job xl. 4.