Holy Scripture

Job 27:21

A church father on this verse
“The scorching wind shall carry him off, and take him away. And as a whirlwind shall carry him out of his place. Who is in this place called the 'scorching wind' but the evil spirit, who stirs up the flames of divers lusts in the heart, that he may drag it to an eternity of punishments? And so 'the scorching wind' is s…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XVIII

Source: Septuagint

Original

21And a burning wind shall catch him, and he shall depart, And it shall utterly drive him out of his place.

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In context

19The rich man shall lie down, and shall not continue: He has opened his eyes, and he is not.

20Pains have come upon him as water, And darkness has carried him away by night.

— Job 27:21 —

22And God shall cast trouble upon him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.

23He shall cause men to clap their hands against them, And shall hiss him out of his place.

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