Job 40:9
Then I will confess that thy right hand is able to save thee.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et ego confitebor quod salvare te possit dextera tua.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὁμολογήσω ὅτι δύναται ἡ δεξιά σου σῶσαι.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Job 40:14
- וְגַם אֲנִ֥י אוֹדֶ֑ךָּ כִּֽי תוֹשִׁ֖עַ לְךָ֣ יְמִינֶֽךָ
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Aphrahat Aphrahat: Select Demonstrations, Of Monks
17. Therefore, my beloved, when the Holy Spirit departs from a man who has received it, until it returns and comes to him, then Satan draws near unto that man, to cause him to sin, and that the Holy Spirit may leave him altogether. For as long as the Spirit is with a man, Satan fears to come near him. And observe, my beloved, that our Lord also, Who was born from the Spirit, was not tempted by Satan until in baptism He received the Spirit from on high. And then the Spirit led him forth to be tempted by Satan. This, then, is the way with man; that in the hour in which he perceives in himself that he is not fervent in the Spirit, and that his heart is inclining to the thought of this world, he may know that the Spirit is not with him, and may arise and pray and keep vigil that the Spirit of God may come to him, that he be not overcome by the adversary. …