Job 11 in the early church
11 passages quote, allude to, or echo Job 11, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 2 · 3 · 6 · 7 · 9 · 12 · 17
Job 11:2
“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 11:2 | 1 Clement 30.4 · Clement of Rome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) |
| Job 11:2 | Miscellanies 6.8.65 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Job 11:2 | Demonstration 14.29 · Aphrahat | quotation, medium confidence | 337-345 |
Job 11:3
Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 11:3 | 1 Clement 30.5 · Clement of Rome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) |
Job 11:6
and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 11:6 | Letter 100.14 · Jerome | allusion, low confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Job 11:6 | Homilies on Matthew 33.6 · John Chrysostom | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 390 |
Job 11:7
Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 11:7 | Catechetical Lecture 6.7 · Cyril of Jerusalem | quotation, high confidence | ca. 350 |
| Job 11:7 | Oration 14.30 · Gregory of Nazianzus | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 362–383 |
Job 11:9
Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 11:9 | Canons of Hippolytus, canon 23 · Anonymous | echo, low confidence | 4th century |
Job 11:12
But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 11:12 | Oration 22.9 · Gregory of Nazianzus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
Job 11:17
Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 11:17 | Book of Rules 7 · Tyconius | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 380 |