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Job 22:17

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

Which said unto God, Depart from us. That this too blessed Job had said, who can doubt? But what we have unfolded in his words, on account of wearying the reader, we forbear to repeat. It goes on; And as though the Almighty could do nothing, so reckoned concerning Him. In this part likewise the wording, and not the statement, is changed. For what was expressed by blessed Job; What is the Almighty that we should serve Him? is expressed by Eliphaz, And as though the Almighty could do nothing, so reckoned concerning Him.

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XVI ↗

Thomas Aquinas

He explains what he means by path above when he says, "They told God: Depart from us," for in their affection they disdained both him and his spiritual goods. He describes their lack of faith in the intellect saying, "They thought the Almighty could do nothing," because if the care of human affairs does not belong to him, he can do nothing good or ill to man. This is contrary to the idea of omnipotence.

Commentary on Job ↗