Proverbs 27:16 (WEB)
restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
Fathers and councils · 2
Hippolytus of Rome
- Hippolytus of Rome, Exegetical Fragments §13On Proverbs
“For “Boreas,” says he, “is a bitter wind, and yet is called by name right.”” — editor's note: This is the Septuagint translation of ch. xxvii. 16.
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Ambrose of Milan
“…of their hearts by the commandments of spiritual utterance, and therefore are said to be towards the north—for, according to Solomon, the north is a hard wind.” — editor's note: Prov. xxvii. 16 [LXX.].
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