“Ver. 15. Where then is now my expectation? What could be the 'expectation' of the righteous, but God who justifieth the righteous, Who should freely go down to (what was) the punishment of mankind, and by the efficacy of His righteousness set free the captives of death? For they never ceased to expect His appearing wi…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XIII
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15And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
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In context
13If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
14I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
— Job 17:15 —
16They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.