Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand how I have erred.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
However, even in such a condition, Job does not refuse to learn. “You may say something useful. I will be silent, if you speak helpful words.” But they could not, to be sure, present evidence, but simply proceeded through conjectures. And since Job’s life was manifestly full of virtue, they supposed that it was not the ground of his punishments.