Holy Scripture

Job 39:8

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“He looks round on the mountains of his pasture. 64. The mountains of his pasture are the lofty contemplations of inward refreshment. For the more holy men abase themselves outwardly with contempt, the more abundantly are they supported within with the contemplation of revelations. Whence it is written; He hath dispose…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXX

Source: Septuagint

Original

8He will survey the mountains as his pasture, And he seeks after every green thing.

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6Whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, And the salt land his coverts.

7He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, And hears not the chiding of the tax gatherer.

— Job 39:8 —

9And will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, Or to lie down at thy manger?

10And wilt thou bind his yoke with thongs, Or will he plow furrows for thee in the plain?

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