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Job 38:39

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Gregory the Dialogist

Wilt thou seize the prey for the lioness, and fill the soul of her whelps? 25. She is doubtless that lioness, of which Job was saying, when he saw proud Judaea passed over by the preaching of the Church; The children of the dealers have not trodden it, nor hath the lioness passed through it. …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXX ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Then he goes on to another property of the animals which is directed to the acquisition of food. There is something wonderful about this subject in the lioness. For when the lion needs a lot of food, it seems marvelous how she can capture in one region so much from the prey of animals what is sufficient for herself and her cubs, and so he says, "will you take the prey of the lioness from her cubs," i.e. …

Commentary on Job ↗