“If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have afflicted the soul of the tillers thereof. [ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION] For to 'eat the fruit of the land without money' is to receive indeed our charges from the Church, but not to yield to that Church the price of preaching. Of which same preaching it is said…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXII
Original
39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
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In context
37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
38If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
— Job 31:39 —
40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.