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Job 41:22

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

In his neck will remain strength. 1. Because we bear about us a body from this world, let us consider the end of the universe, from the part of it in which we ourselves are [al. 'which we are']. For we learn more quickly of what kind is the end of the world, if we carefully consider that which we bear about us from the world. …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXXIV ↗

Thomas Aquinas

When he has described what pertains to the power of the head of Leviathan, God moves on the describe what pertains to the power of his members. Consider that, as Aristotle says, in The History of Animals II, "no fish has a neck," except those who generate animals like dolphins. Whales also belong to this genus. So he begins to describe the strength of his neck when he says, "power will reside in his neck," which is necessary for so large an animal to carry the weight of his head. …

Commentary on Job ↗