Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Job 1:20

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 221, footnote 1 (Image)

Jerome: Letters and Select Works

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CCEL Footnote 3079 (In-Text, Margin)

... far harder to put up with a wife whom you dislike than it is to mourn for one whom you dearly love. Moreover when Job’s children died they found a common tomb beneath the ruins of his house, and all he could do to shew his parental affection was to rend his garments, to fall upon the ground and to worship, saying: “Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away: it has been as the Lord pleased: blessed be the name of the Lord.”[Job 1:20-21] But you, to put the matter briefly, have been allowed to perform the obsequies of your dear ones; and those obsequies have been attended by many respectful kinsmen and comforting friends. Again Job lost all his wealth at once; and, as, one after ...