Gregory the Dialogist

Even if thy children have sinned against Him, and He have left them in the hand of their transgression; yet if thou wilt seek to God at dawn, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; if thou wilt walk pure and upright; surely now He will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness at peace. As if the preachers of falsities were to say to afflicted Catholics, 'Provide for your lives, and learn what wrong things ye maintain from the condemnation of those that are dead from among you. …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book VIII ↗

Thomas Aquinas

There were two things which seemed to keep Job from being restored to his former prosperity even if he were converted to God as Eliphaz advised. One of these was the fact that the children which he lost were dead and he could not expect them to be brought back to life by his conversion. So Bildad says, "Even if your sons sinned against him, and he delivered them into the hands of iniquity," as if to say: When you have converted to God, you will regain those things which you lost by your sins. …

Commentary on Job ↗