Job 9:8 (WEB)
He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.
Fathers and councils · 5
Cyril of Jerusalem
“And this Job said mystically, Which alone spread out the heaven, and walketh upon the sea as on firm ground; signifying to those who understand that He who when present here walked upon the sea is also He who aforetime made the heavens.” — editor's note: Job ix. 8.
Read the whole comment“Now thou hast received from me first the testimonies concerning the coming of Jesus; and concerning His walking on the sea, for it is written, Thy way is in the sea.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxvii. 19. The Benedictine Editor, with no authority but the Latin version by Grodecq, inserts a quotation of Job ix. 8: Who walketh on the sea, as on a…
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Ambrose of Milan
“To show indeed how plainly we must understand the expression “alone” of the Son (although we may never believe that He did anything without the knowledge of the Father), we have here also another passage, where it is written: “Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and walketh as it were on a pavement over the sea.”” — editor's note: Job ix. 8.
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John Chrysostom
“For the sea retaining its proper nature so bare its Lord upon its surface, thus testifying to the Scripture which saith, “Who walketh upon the sea as upon a pavement.” ( Job ix. 8.)” — the author cites it
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Basil the Great
“So also, “which alone spreadest out the heavens,” and again “Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and Him only shalt thou serve.”” — editor's note: Job ix. 8.
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Cross-references · 15
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 42.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 42.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 42.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 42.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 42.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 42.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 42.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 42.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 42.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 42.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 42.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 42.
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Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.