Job 8 in the early church

12 passages quote, allude to, or echo Job 8, 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: 9 · 14 · 21

Job 8:9

For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Job 8:9	On First Principles 2.6.7 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
Job 8:9	Fragments on the Song of Songs, chapter 2 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 220-254
Job 8:9	PG 12:1547 (Ps 89–91 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
Job 8:9	Homilies on Psalms 36-38 9.2 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Job 8:9	Commentary on the Song of Songs 3.183 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
Job 8:9	On Ecclesiastical Theology 1.12.3 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 337–339
Job 8:9	On the Holy Spirit 29.71 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 374–375
Job 8:9	On Fleeing the World 27 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 387-391

Job 8:14

His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Job 8:14	Homilies on Matthew 31.5 · John Chrysostom	echo, low confidence	ca. 390
Job 8:14	Hexameron (Exameron) 4.18 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 387-390
Job 8:14	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 38.35.1 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 387-397

Job 8:21

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Job 8:21	PG 12:1301 (Ps 30–31 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254