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Job 38:1

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

But the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said. PREFACE After the loss of his goods, the death of his children, the wounds of his body, the words of his wife persuading him to evil, the insulting language of his comforters, and the darts of so many sorrows boldly received, blessed Job ought to have been praised by his Judge for such great power of constancy, if he had been now going to be called out of this present world. …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXVIII ↗

Thomas Aquinas

After the discussion of Job and his friends about divine providence took place, Eliud had assumed to himself the office of determining the answer, contradicting Job in some things and his friends in others. But because human wisdom is not sufficient to understand the truth of divine providence, it was necessary that this dispute should be determined by divine authority. …

Commentary on Job ↗