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Job 28:14

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

The bottomless pit saith, It is not with me. And the sea saith, It is not with me. What does he call 'the bottomless pit' but the hearts of men, which are at once by the fall all floating, and by the mistiness of double-dealing full of darkness? Which same 'bottomless pit' declares that this Wisdom 'is not with' it; because the wicked mind, while it longs to be wise in a carnal way, shews itself foolish as to things spiritual. …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XVIII ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Such valuable kinds of corporeal things are partly found in some dark places, but this is not true with wisdom, and so he says, "The deep says: It is not in me," that is, what lies in the hidden places of the depths is especially hidden from human wisdom. They are partly found in the sea, both because they are generated there, like pearls in sea shells, or because they are lost there in sunken ships, but this is not true with wisdom. …

Commentary on Job ↗