Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Job 15:13

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 2, page 313, footnote 3 (Image)

Augustine: The City of God, Christian Doctrine

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CCEL Footnote 876 (In-Text, Margin)

... as this giant is said to have been a “hunter against the Lord.” This has been misunderstood by some through the ambiguity of the Greek word, and they have translated it, not “against the Lord,” but “before the Lord;” for ἐναντίον means both “before” and “against.” In the Psalm this word is rendered, “Let us weep before the Lord our Maker.” The same word occurs in the book of Job, where it is written, “Thou hast broken into fury against the Lord.”[Job 15:13] And so this giant is to be recognized as a “hunter against the Lord.” And what is meant by the term “hunter” but deceiver, oppressor, and destroyer of the animals of the earth? He and his people therefore, erected this tower against the Lord, ...