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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Ver. 5. He promiseth prey to his friends; and the eyes of his children shall fail. After that blessed Job had uttered a sentence relating to the multitude of the wicked, i.e. the body of our old enemy; he directly shifts the sentence to the very leader of them, i.e. …
Thomas Aquinas
From the fact that they were placed far from spiritual teaching, he concludes that Eliphaz promises only temporal goods to Job as a consolation, (5:18) and he expresses this saying, "He promises plunder to his companions," that is, the procurement of temporal goods which can only come to one person if another loses. So the acquisition of temporal goods is likened to plundering. …
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