Holy Scripture

Job 3:25

A church father on this verse
“I did not ignorantly run into the things that I suffer. In fact, when I saw in others poverty's afflictions and the different diseases of the body, my communion with nature and my body warned me to fear lest anything of the same kind should happen to me. Therefore, I am also forced to fear an increase in the misfortun…”
Julian of Eclanum, 5th c. — EXPOSITION ON THE BOOK OF JOB 3:25-26

Source: Septuagint

Original

25For the terror of which I meditated has come upon me, And that which I had feared has befallen me.

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23Death is rest to such a man, For God has hedged him in.

24For my groaning comes before my food, And I weep being beset with terror.

— Job 3:25 —

26I was not at peace, nor quiet, nor had I rest; Yet wrath came upon me.

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