“For Job said, in fact, that a change was impossible: "If I wash myself with snow [that will be of no use], you have deeply plunged me into the mire." That is why Zophar says, "Your face will shine again like pure water." The whole of Zophar's reflections is certainly excellent. The fact, however, that he incessantly r…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — COMMENTARY ON JOB 11:15-16
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15For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
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13If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
14If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
— Job 11:15 —
16Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
17And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.