Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Job 3:19

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 13, page 405, footnote 1 (Image)

Gregory the Great II, Ephriam Syrus, Aphrahat

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CCEL Footnote 1175 (In-Text, Margin)

... bad. He takes no account of the aged, rather than of children in respect of honour. The lords of prudence he makes without understanding, and them that used to make haste and vex themselves, in acquiring possessions there with him, these are stripped of their gains. He leads away to himself slaves and their masters; and there the masters are not honoured more than their servants. Small and great are there, and they hear not the voice of the oppressor.  The slave who is freed from his master[Job 3:18-19] there pays no regard to him who used to oppress him. Death binds and makes captive to himself the keepers of prisoners, and the prisoners who were shut up. By means of Death the prisoners are released, and fear not again because of their oppressors.