Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Job 28:19

There is 1 footnote for this reference.

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 13, page 295, footnote 3 (Image)

Gregory the Great II, Ephriam Syrus, Aphrahat

Selections from the Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian and from the Demonstrations of Aphrahat the Persian Sage. (HTML)

Ephraim Syrus:  The Pearl.  Seven Hymns on the Faith. (HTML)

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CCEL Footnote 527 (In-Text, Margin)

2. Very glistening are the pearls of Ethiopia, as it is written, Who gave thee to Ethiopia [the land] of black men.[Job 28:19] He that gave light to the Gentiles, both to the Ethiopians and unto the Indians did His bright beams reach.