Job 4 in the early church
17 passages quote, allude to, or echo Job 4, 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: 7 · 8 · 9 · 11 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21
Job 4:7
Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 4:7 | Homilies on Matthew 15.5 · John Chrysostom | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 390 |
Job 4:8
As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 4:8 | On the Complaints of Job and David 1.10 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 383-390 |
Job 4:9
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 4:9 | On the Complaints of Job and David 1.10 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 383-390 |
Job 4:11
The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 4:11 | Formulae of Spiritual Understanding 4 · Eucherius of Lyon | quotation, high confidence | ca. 420-430 |
Job 4:16
It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 4:16 | 1 Clement 39.3 · Clement of Rome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) |
Job 4:17
‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 4:17 | 1 Clement 39.4 · Clement of Rome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) |
| Job 4:17–19 | Against Jovinianus 2.4 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | 393 |
Job 4:18
If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 4:18 | 1 Clement 39.4 · Clement of Rome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) |
| Job 4:18 | Letters to Serapion 1.25 · Athanasius of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 357–360 |
| Job 4:18 | Letter 21.40 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Job 4:18 | Letter 122.3 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Job 4:18 | The Conferences 23.8 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
Job 4:19
how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 4:19 | 1 Clement 39.5 · Clement of Rome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) |
| Job 4:19 | On the Complaints of Job and David 1.10 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 383-390 |
| Job 4:19 | Letter 158.2 · Augustine of Hippo | echo, medium confidence | ca. 386–430 |
Job 4:20
They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; unnoticed, they perish forever.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 4:20 | 1 Clement 39.5 · Clement of Rome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) |
Job 4:21
Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 4:21 | 1 Clement 39.6 · Clement of Rome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) |