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Job 22:8

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

In the might of thine arm thou didst possess the land, and as the most powerful thou didst hold it. ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION And her greatness also because heretics envy, because she keeps the companies of people every where in the true faith, when they meet with a season of earthly prosperity, they launch out against her in terms of pride, and by their upbraiding disclose how greatly before they secretly envied her power. …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XVI ↗

Thomas Aquinas

He next speaks about sins which relate to things given into his rule. Among these he places first that he obtained his dominion not by justice, but by violence, and so he says, "You gained possession of your land by the strength of your arm," for you acquired dominion of the land by your own force. …

Commentary on Job ↗