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Job 38:36

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

Who hath placed wisdom in the inward parts of a man? or who hath given the cock understanding? 9. Who else are designated in this place by the name of the cock, but these same holy preachers, mentioned again in another way, who strive amid the darkness of this present life to announce by their preaching, as if by their notes, the approaching light? For they say; the night is far spent, but the day is at hand. [Rom. …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXX ↗

Thomas Aquinas

After the Lord has brought to mind the marvels of his effects concerning the principal parts of the earth, which are the earth, the sea, and heaven, and their ordering, he now goes on to tell the marvels of his works especially seen in the different properties of animals. …

Commentary on Job ↗