Job 5:23 (WEB)
For you will be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field will be at peace with you.
Fathers and councils · 2
Athanasius of Alexandria
“But in truth, as it is written, ‘He trusted in the Lord as Mount Sion,’ with a mind unshaken and undisturbed; so that the demons rather fled from him, and the wild beasts, as it is written, ‘kept peace with him.’” — editor's note: Job v. 23.
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John Cassian
“…even with beasts and the brute creation, according to what is said in the book of the blessed Job: “For the beasts of the field will be at peace with thee;” for we shall not fear offences coming from without, nor will any occasion of falling trouble us from outside, if the roots of such are not admitted and…” — editor's note: Job v. 23.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in Life of Antony §17.
Cited together in Life of Antony §17.
Cited together in The Institutes IX.8.
Cited together in Life of Antony §17.