Holy Scripture

Job 9:34

A church father on this verse
“Let Him take away His rod from Me, and let not His fear terrify me. MYSTICAL INTERPRETATION For in the Law God held the rod, in that He said, 'If any man do this or that, let him die the death.' But in His Incarnation He removed the rod, in that He shewed the paths of life by mild means. Whence it is said to Him by th…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book IX

Source: Septuagint

Original

34Let him remove his rod from me, And let not his fear terrify me:

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In context

32For thou art not man like me, with whom I could contend, That we might come together to judgment.

33Would that he our mediator were present, and a reprover, And one who should hear the cause between both.

— Job 9:34 —

35So shall I not be afraid, but I will speak: For I am not thus conscious of guilt.

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