“They were children of fools, yea, children of base men; and in the earth not appearing at all. That is to say, the children of those, who were the masters of errors. So they are called 'children,' not as engendered by the seed, but by the imitating of those, who by teaching what is wrong were 'fools' in respect of ign…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XX
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8They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
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6To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
7Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
— Job 30:8 —
9And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
10They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.