THEOSISJohn Chrysostom
I position myself among the congregation, proclaiming with boldness, unashamed of those gathered, and unaffected by the throngs around me. This arises from the depth of the suffering I endure.
Job 30:28Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
I went mourning without indignation; I rose up, and cried in the crowd.
קֹדֵ֣ר הִ֭לַּכְתִּי בְּלֹ֣א חַמָּ֑ה קַ֖מְתִּי בַקָּהָ֣ל אֲשַׁוֵּֽעַ׃
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Ireneus (Orda)
In the meantime, he had become a source of ridicule among the most despicable people, and his faith in the Lord had transformed him: the outcomes that were anticipated turned out to be entirely contrary to what occurred.
Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Ps 43 (42):2
- Ps 42 (41):9
- Ps 38 (37):6
- Isa 53:3Despised, and the most abject of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with infirmity: and his look was as it were hidden and despised, whereupon we esteemed him not.
- Isa 53:4Surely he hath borne our infirmities and carried our sorrows: and we have thought him as it were a leper, and as one struck by God and afflicted.
- Lam 3:1Aleph. I am the man that see my poverty by the rod of his indignation.
- Lam 3:3Aleph. Only against me he hath turned, and turned again his hand all the day.
- Job 19:7Behold I shall cry suffering violence, and no one will hear: I shall cry aloud, and there is none to judge.