Jó 21
John Chrysostom · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
Jó 21:3
Let us admit, he says, that I am iniquitous and impious; but I gain no profit from these remarks and know that you will mock me; therefore, I do not yield. — COMMENTARY ON JOB 21:3-6
Jó 21:4
"And what!" he says, "is it a mortal who blames me?" that is, no mortal can blame me. I am not fighting against a man. — COMMENTARY ON JOB 21:3-6
Jó 21:6
"When I think of it, I am dismayed and pains seize my flesh." Notice how he always stands up, how he puts forward his sufferings, how he indicates the reason for the terrible words he is going to speak, because he does not talk in this manner by himself or from a fixed position but because his soul is dismayed and his thoughts are darkened. — COMMENTARY ON JOB 21:3-6
Jó 21:19-22
Since he spoke before him [Zophar] and said "from the time man was set upon the earth," things go on in this manner. Job addresses his reproaches to him, because he ignores what is clear and evident. He says to him, you asserted that things are not as I said, but quite the opposite. Therefore, no one must know the secret plans of God, who rules the entire creation. Now tell me, why are those who are not impious punished? One is in need, the other in wealth, but their wickedness is the same. — COMMENTARY ON JOB 21:19-22A