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In 1 Clement, the author ends the case for accepting correction with ten verses of Job 5 in the Greek Septuagint translation, where God wounds and then heals. Job is among the five books 1 Clement quotes most, unusual for early Christian writing.
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LXX Job 5:17
Septuagint
17 But blessed is the person whom the Lord reproves, and do not reject the warning of the Almighty. 18 For he makes a person to feel pain, and again he restores; he strikes him, and his hands heal. 19 He delivers you six times from distress, while at the seventh evil shall not destroy you. 20 In famine he will rescue you from death, and in war he will deliver you from a merciless hand. 21 He shall hide you from the scourge of a tongue, and you shall not be afraid of evils that come. 22 You shall laugh at the unrighteous and lawless, and you shall not be afraid of wild beasts, 23 for wild beasts shall live peaceably with you.
Clement of Rome, 1 Clement 56:6
First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
Early Christian
6 And again He says; “Blessed is the man whom the Lord has reproved, and do not refuse the admonition of the Almighty. For He causes pain, and He restores again.” 7 “He has struck, and His hands have healed.” 8 “Six times shall He rescue you from afflictions and at the seventh no evil shall touch you.” 9 “In famine He shall deliver you from death, and in war He shall release you from the arm of the sword.” 10 “And from the scourge of the tongue He shall hide you and you shall not be afraid when evils approach.” 11 “You shall laugh at the unrighteous and wicked, and of the wild beasts you shall not be afraid.”
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Notes and References
“... The approximately seventy direct quotations constitute about one-fourth of this long epistle, making it second only to Barnabas among the apostolic fathers in the frequency of quotation from the OT. [...] Some of the quotations are lengthy. Psalms, Isaiah, Job, Genesis and Proverbs, in this order, are the most frequently cited. The heavy use of Job and Proverbs is unusual in comparison with the NT and Christian literature generally in the early period. ...”
Martin, Ralph P.
Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments
(pp. 1195-1196) InterVarsity Press, 1997
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