Wisdom & Poetry · Old Testament
Job
Job has 42 chapters and 1,070 verses. Its verses carry 9,594 cross-references to other passages (3,097 with at least 4 reader votes), and it links with 63 of the other 65 books, most strongly with Psalms, Proverbs and Isaiah.
When was Job written, and by whom?
The traditional view gives no date for when it was written; many scholars date it 600–400 BC.
Set in the age of the patriarchs; the traditional view commits to no date of writing.
Its events are set in 1475 BC, by the dates on the timeline.
Traditional authorship dates as conservative introductions give them; critical dates where most critical scholars differ. Sources and both reckonings: the timeline.
Job on the timeline
- Job's Trial ≈ 1820 BC
Chapters
Brighter = more strong links (at least 4 votes, either direction).
Most connected verses in Job
- Job 28:28 53 strong links
- Job 23:12 45 strong links
- Job 42:10 43 strong links
- Job 1:21 42 strong links
- Job 42:8 42 strong links
- Job 1:1 41 strong links
- Job 19:25 40 strong links
- Job 42:6 39 strong links
Which books does Job connect to most?
- Psalms 1,157
- Proverbs 355
- Isaiah 350
- Genesis 236
- Jeremiah 161
- Ecclesiastes 132
- Matthew 126
- Romans 120
- Luke 113
- Deuteronomy 108
- James 103
- John 75
Counts are links with at least 4 votes between the two books, either direction.