Ishodad of Merv

Medieval · AD 800–1500

173 passages across 12 books of the Bible · Who was this?

On Job

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  1. Job 40:16-19
    The words “its strength is in its cover” [mean] its strength and vigor are precisely in the animal itself. Animals usually take shelter in different places, but [the author] says this animal does not need a shelter at all.

    COMMENTARY ON JOB 40:16

  2. Job 40:20-24
    The words “the shadows surround it.” Because of the size of the animal, [the author says], anywhere it goes, it casts shadows around it. The words “the crows like a torrent surround it.” [This is said] because the habit of these birds is to approach and croak anytime they see something terrifying.

    COMMENTARY ON JOB 40:22

  3. Job 42:16-17
    If it is true that Moses knew Job, why did he never mention him in any of his works? It is evident that [Job] lived before the law, because we know that in every time, in every place and in every person, the knowledge of God exists without the need of a human instruction, as is attested by [Job’s] friends, who composed a high doctrine on God. Evagrius says, … There is no time in which virtue did not exist, nor a time in which it will not exist.

    COMMENTARY ON JOB 42:16

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