Job 35 in the early church
10 passages quote, allude to, or echo Job 35, 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.
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Job 35:5
Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 35:5 | Fragments on Job, column 95 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 220-254 |
Job 35:6
If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 35:6 | Fragments on Job, column 95 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
Job 35:7
If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 35:7 | Fragments on Job, column 95 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Job 35:7–8 | Apostolic Constitutions 5.5.5 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
Job 35:10
But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 35:10 | Fragments on Job, column 95 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
Job 35:11
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 35:11 | Fragments on Job, column 95 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Job 35:11 | Fragments on Job, column 97 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Job 35:11 | Commentary on Romans 0.2 · Origen | echo, low confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| Job 35:11 | Confessions 6.1 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 397–401 |
| Job 35:11 | Confessions 10.26 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 397–401 |