The Church Fathers on this verse

Job 30:4Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

And they ate grass, and barks of trees, and the root of junipers was their food.

Douay-Rheims

הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים מַלּ֣וּחַ עֲלֵי־שִׂ֑יחַ וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ רְתָמִ֣ים לַחְמָֽם׃

Hebrew (Masoretic text)

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Ireneus (Orda)

19th centuryCommentator

At the same time, he had become the object of scorn for the most contemptible individuals, and his faith in God transformed him: what transpired was the complete antithesis of what might have been anticipated.

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