Job 41:1

Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, Concerning Repentance I.13Book I

  “And so it is well said of him, “Thou shalt draw out the dragon with an hook, thou wilt play with him as with a bird, thou shalt bind him as a boy doth a sparrow, thou shalt lay thine hand upon him.”” — editor's note: Job xli. 1, 5, 8 [LXX.].

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Origen

• Origen, De Principiis IV.1Book IV

  “Moreover, he is at hand, who in the book of Job is said to be about to destroy the huge beast, who also gave power to his own disciples to tread on serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy, without being injured by him.” — editor's note: The allusion is perhaps to Job xli. 1.

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Athanasius of Alexandria

• Athanasius of Alexandria, Life of Antony §10

  “And though speaking words so many and so great in his boldness, without doubt, like a dragon he was drawn with a hook by the Saviour, and as a beast of burden he received the halter round his nostrils, and as a runaway his nostrils were bound with a ring, and his lips bored with an armlet.” — editor's note: Job xli. 1.

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• Psalm 80:5

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.

• Proverbs 23:13

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.

• Isaiah 11:6

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.

• Isaiah 11:8

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.

• Isaiah 11:9

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.

• Micah 7:17

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.

• 1 Corinthians 4:21

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.

• 1 Corinthians 5:1

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.

• 1 Corinthians 5:5

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.

• Genesis 3:14

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.

• Genesis 3:19

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.

• Job 2:6

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.