Holy Scripture

Job 33:25

A church father on this verse
“His flesh is consumed by punishments, let him return to the days of his youth. For when that first man fell from God, we were driven from the joys of Paradise, and were involved in the miseries of this mortal life; [Gen. 3, 23. 24.] and we feel, by the pain of our punishment, what a grievous fault we committed by the…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXIV

Source: Septuagint

Original

25And he will make his flesh tender as that of a babe, And he will restore him among men in his full strength.

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In context

23Though there should be a thousand messengers of death, Not one of them shall wound him: If he should purpose in his heart to turn to the Lord, And declare to man his fault, And show his folly;

24He will support him, that he should not perish, And will restore his body as fresh plaster upon a wall; And he will fill his bones with marrow.

— Job 33:25 —

26And he shall pray to the Lord, and his prayer shall be accepted of him; He shall enter with a cheerful countenance, with a full expression of praise: For he will render to men their due.

27Even then a man shall blame himself, saying, What kind of things have I done? and he has not punished me according to the full amount of my sins.

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