Job 24 in the early church
16 passages quote, allude to, or echo Job 24, 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 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 12 · 14 · 15 · 18
Job 24:2
Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 24:2–6 | On Apostate Kings 11 · Lucifer of Cagliari | quotation, high confidence | ca. 356–361 |
| Job 24:2 | On the Complaints of Job and David 2.20 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 383-390 |
Job 24:3
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 24:3 | Demonstration 20.15 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Job 24:3 | On the Complaints of Job and David 2.20 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 383-390 |
Job 24:6
They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 24:6 | Fragments on Job, column 87 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Job 24:6 | On the Complaints of Job and David 2.20 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 383-390 |
Job 24:7
Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 24:7 | On the Complaints of Job and David 2.20 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 383-390 |
Job 24:8
Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 24:8 | Oration 26.12 · Gregory of Nazianzus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Job 24:8 | On the Complaints of Job and David 2.20 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 383-390 |
Job 24:9
The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 24:9 | On the Complaints of Job and David 2.20 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 383-390 |
Job 24:10
Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 24:10 | On the Complaints of Job and David 2.20 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 383-390 |
Job 24:12
From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 24:12 | On the Complaints of Job and David 2.20 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 383-390 |
Job 24:14
When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 24:14 | On the Duties of the Clergy 1.14 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
Job 24:15
The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 24:15 | On the Duties of the Clergy 1.14 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
| Job 24:15 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 36.15.2 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 387-397 |
Job 24:18
They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 24:18 | On Apostate Kings 11 · Lucifer of Cagliari | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 356–361 |