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Job 39:22

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

He mocketh at fear, and yieldeth not to the sword. 61. Let us see how he mocks at fear, who, as he counts, tramples under foot the swords of the adversaries. For he says, Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or famine, or persecution? [Rom. 8, 35] In fear, coming punishment is dreaded; but in the sword, pain is felt already from a present blow. …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXXI ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Nor is he cast down with fear in the thick of the battle itself, and so he says, "he scorns fear," and what is more, he is not even put off by the pain of wounds, and so he says, "he does not retreat from the sword."

Commentary on Job ↗