Gregory the Dialogist

My brethren have passed by me like a brook which passeth by rapidly in the hollows. Because the mind of the reprobate is set on present things alone, for the most part it proves a stranger to the scourge now, in proportion as hereafter it remains an exile from the inheritance. …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book VII ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Next he shows his family has abandoned him when he says, "My brothers," i.e. my relatives, "have passed me by." He uses the analogy of those who walk along together. If one falls in a ditch, the others pass by nevertheless abandoning him there. In a certain sense, they would be excused for this if they leave him once they have tried to help him because of weariness because they despair of helping him. But he shows that these men are without excuse, because they immediately and suddenly deserted him. …

Commentary on Job ↗