The
quotations from, and references to, the book of Job in the other books of the
Bible show it was well known and read in the days of David and Solomon and the
Prophets, and cannot be referred to as late a period as the 7th-4th centuries B.C.,
as most of the "higher" critics do.
The following table will enable the reader to judge for
himself. There are 65 passages rerferred to: 37 in the Psalms; 18 in Proverbs; 9
in the Prophets; and 1 in the New Testament.
| JOB. | Quoted or referred to in other books. |
|---|---|
| 3:3-11 | Jeremiah 20:14, 15, 18. |
| 3:16 | Psalms 58:8. |
| 3:21 | Proverbs 2:4. |
| 4:3, 4 | Isaiah 35:3. |
| 4:8 | Proverbs 22:8. Hosea 10:13. |
| 5:3 | Psalms 37:35, 36. |
| 5:10 | Psalms 65:9. |
| 5:13 | 1Corinthians 3:19. |
| 5:14 | Isaiah 59:10. |
| 5:15 | Psalms 35:10. |
| 5:17 | Psalms 94:12. Proverbs 3:11. |
| 5:20 | Psalms 33:19. 37:19. Hebrews 12:5. |
| 5:21 | Psalms 31:20. |
| 5:25 | Psalms 72:16. 112:2. |
| 6:4 | Psalms 38:2. |
| 7:7 | Psalms 78:39. |
| 7:10 | Psalms 103:16. |
| 7:17 | Psalms 8:4. 144:3. |
| 8:13 | Proverbs 10:28. |
| 8:22 | Psalms 35:26. 109:29. |
| 9:34 | Psalms 39:10. |
| 10:3 | Psalms 138:8. |
| 10:8 | Psalms 119:73. |
| 10:10, 11 | Psalms 139:14-16. |
| 10:20, 21 | Psalms 39:5, 13. |
| 11:17 | Psalms 37:6. |
| 11:18, 19 | Isaiah 17:2. Ezekiel 34:28. Micah 4:4. Zephaniah 3:13. |
| 13:21, 28 | Psalms 39:10, 11. |
| 14:1, 2 | Psalms 90:3, 5, 6. |
| 15:35 | Psalms 7:14. Isaiah 59:4. |
| 16:10 | Psalms 22:13. Micah 5:1. |
| 17:7 | Psalms 6:7. 31:9. |
| 18:5 | Proverbs 13:9. 24:20. |
| 19:5 - 9, 13 | Psalms 38:16. 88:8. 89:44. |
| 19:13, 14 | Psalms 88:8, 18. |
| 19:26 | Psalms 17:15. |
| 19:29 | Psalms 58:10, 11. |
| 21:30 | Psalms 16:4. Zephaniah 1:15 - 18. 2Peter 2:9. |
| 23:10 | Psalms 66:10. |
| 23:11 | Psalms 44:18. |
| 24:14, 15 | Psalms 10:8, 11. 11:4. |
| 24:23 | Psalms 15:3. |
| 26:8 | Psalms 30:4. |
| 28:13, ect. | Proverbs 3:13, ect. |
| 28:15 | Proverbs 3:14, 15. |
| 28:28 | Proverbs 1:7. 9:10. Psalms 111:10. |
| 29:18 | Psalms 30:6. |
| 30:9 | Psalms 69:12. |
| 30:16 | Psalms 42:4. |
| 31:7 | Psalms 44:18, 21. |
| 32:8 | Proverbs 2:6. |
| 32:21 | Proverbs 24:23. |
| 34:11 | Proverbs 24:12. |
| 35:12 | Proverbs 1:28. |
| 36:19 | Proverbs 11:4. |
| 36:26, 27, 32. | Psalms 90:2. 147:8. |
| 40:4, 5 | Psalms 51:4. |