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Job 21:31

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

Ver. 31. Who shall reprove his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? 69. Often that wrath of God, which the wicked man is to suffer for ever, even while placed in this life too he is made to experience, whilst he loses the good fortune that he loves, and meets with the adversity that he dreads. …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XV ↗

Thomas Aquinas

He shows why he is saved for the day of perdition and of fury saying, "Who will blame him for his conduct in his presence? And who can repay him for what he did?" Here he gives two reasons, the first of which is that he is of such slight wisdom that he does not even learn from punishments so that he might recognize his own fault, but he murmurs in the midst of the blows as if he were punished unjustly. This is what he means when he says, "Who will blame him in his presence?" so that he recognizes, "his conduct" his evil way? …

Commentary on Job ↗