The quotations from, and references to, the book of Job in the other books of the Bible show that 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 referred to : 37 in the Psalms; 18 in Proverbs;
9 in the Prophets; and 1 in the N.T.
| JOB. | Quoted or referred to in other books. |
| 3:3-11. | Jer. 20:14, 15, 18. |
| 3:16. | Ps. 58:8. |
| 3:21. | Prov. 2:4. |
| 4:3, 4. | Isa. 35:3. |
| 4:8. | Prov. 22:8. Hos. 10:13. |
| 5:3. | Ps. 37:35, 36. |
| 5:10. | Ps. 65:9. |
| 5:13. | 1Cor. 3:19. |
| 5:14. | Isa. 59:10. |
| 5:15. | Ps. 35:10. |
| 5:17. | Ps. 94:12. Prov. 3:11. |
| 5:20. | Pss. 33:19; 37:19. Heb. 12:5. |
| 5:21. | Ps. 31:20. |
| 5:25. | Pss. 72:16; 112:2. |
| 6:4. | Ps. 38:2. |
| 7:7. | Ps. 78:39. |
| 7:10. | Ps. 103:16. |
| 7:17. | Pss. 8:4; 144:3. |
| 8:13. | Prov. 10:28. |
| 8:22. | Pss. 35:26; 109:29. |
| 9:34. | Ps. 39:10. |
| 10:3. | Ps. 138:8. |
| 10:8 | Ps. 119:73. |
| 10:10, 11. | Ps. 139:14-16. |
| 10:20, 21. | Ps. 39:5, 13. |
| 11:17. | Ps. 37:6. |
| 11:18, 19. | Isa. 17:2. Ezek. 34:28. Mic. 4:4. Zeph. 3:13. |
| 13:21, 28. | Ps. 39:10, 11. |
| 14:1, 2. | Ps. 90:3, 5, 6. |
| 15:35. | Ps. 7:14. Isa. 59:4. |
| 16:10. | Ps. 22:13. Mic. 5:1. |
| 17:7. | Pss. 6:7; 31:9. |
| 18:5. | Prov. 13:9; 24:20. |
| 19:5-9, 13. | Pss. 38:16; 88:8; 89:44. |
| 19:13, 14. | Ps. 88:8, 18. |
| 19:26. | Ps. 17:15. |
| 19:29. | Ps. 58:10, 11. |
| 21:30. | Prov. 16:4. Zeph. 1:15-18. 2Pet. 2:9. |
| 23:10. | Ps. 66:10. |
| 23:11. | Ps. 44:18. |
| 24:14, 15. | Pss. 10:8, 11; 11:4. |
| 24:23. | Prov. 15:3. |
| 26:8. | Prov. 30:4. |
| 28:13, &c. | Prov. 3:13, &c. |
| 28:15. | Prov. 3:14, 15. |
| 28:28. | Prov. 1:7; 9:10. Ps. 111:10. |
| 29:18. | Ps. 30:6. |
| 30:9. | Ps. 69:12. |
| 30:16. | Ps. 42:4. |
| 31:7. | Ps. 44:18, 21. |
| 32:8. | Prov. 2:6. |
| 32:21. | Prov. 24:23. |
| 34:11. | Prov. 24:12. |
| 35:12. | Prov. 1:28. |
| 36:19. | Prov. 11:4. |
| 36:26, 27, 32. | Pss. 90:2; 147:8. |
| 40:4, 5. | Ps. 51:4. |