Holy Scripture

Job 38:21

A church father on this verse
“"Did you know then that you would be born?" These words are not said without purpose but to demonstrate that God's benevolence is the reason for everything. If you owe the fact that you exist to my benevolence, since you did not exist before, he says, how can you think that [benevolence] is denied to you, now that you…”
Julian of Eclanum, 5th c. — EXPOSITION ON THE BOOK OF JOB 38:18-21

Source: Septuagint

Original

21I know then that thou wert born at that time, And the number of thy years is great.

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19And in what kind of a land does the light dwell? And of what kind is the place of darkness?

20If thou couldest bring me to their utmost boundaries, And if also thou knowest their paths;

— Job 38:21 —

22But hast thou gone to the treasures of snow? And hast thou seen the treasures of hail?

23And is there a store of them, For thee against the time of thine enemies, For the day of wars and battle?

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