Job 15 in the early church
12 passages quote, allude to, or echo Job 15, 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: 13 · 14 · 15 · 20 · 25 · 26
Job 15:13
so that you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 15:13 | City of God 16.4 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 413–426 |
Job 15:14
What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 15:14 | The Conferences 6.14 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
Job 15:15
If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 15:15 | 1 Clement 39.5 · Clement of Rome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) |
| Job 15:15 | The Conferences 6.14 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
| Job 15:15 | The Conferences 23.8 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
Job 15:20
A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 15:20 | On the Complaints of Job and David 2.2 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 383-390 |
Job 15:25
For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 15:25 | PG 12:1289 (Ps 27–28 LXX) · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Job 15:25 | Commentary on John 32.33 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 230–248 |
| Job 15:25 | Oration 6.12 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Job 15:25 | Theological Oration 2 (Or. 28), On the Doctrine of God 12 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, medium confidence | 380 |
| Job 15:25–27 | Apologetic Book 31.2 · Orosius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 415–416 |
Job 15:26
rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 15:26 | Confessions 7.11 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 397–401 |