Job 23 in the early church
8 passages quote, allude to, or echo Job 23, 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 · 5 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 17
Job 23:2
“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 23:2 | Fragments on Job, column 87 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
Job 23:3
If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 23:3 | Fragments on Job, column 87 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
Job 23:5
I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 23:5 | Fragments on Job, column 87 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
Job 23:10
Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 23:10 | Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 64.48.9 · Epiphanius of Salamis | echo, low confidence | 374-377 |
Job 23:11
My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 23:11 | On Man's Perfection in Righteousness 27 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 415 |
Job 23:12
I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 23:12 | On Man's Perfection in Righteousness 27 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 415 |
Job 23:13
But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 23:13 | Book 1, chapter 14 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 440-450 |
Job 23:17
Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 23:17 | On Apostate Kings 11 · Lucifer of Cagliari | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 356–361 |