Timeline

Timeline of Old Testament Books

Job

2000 BC

Genesis

1555 BC

Exodus

1500 BC

Numbers

1467 BC

Leviticus

1450 BC

Deuteronomy

1445 BC

Joshua

1405 BC

Judges

1043 BC

Ruth

1030 BC

Psalms

1010 BC

Proverbs

971 BC

Song of Solomon

971 BC

Ecclesiastes

940 BC

1 Samuel

931 BC

2 Samuel

900 BC

Obadiah

850 BC

Joel

835 BC

Jonah

775 BC

Hosea

750 BC

Amos

750 BC

Micah

735 BC

Isaiah

700 BC

Nahum

650 BC

Zephaniah

635 BC

Habakkuk

615 BC

Ezekiel

590 BC

Lamentations

587 BC

Jeremiah

586 BC

1 Kings

561 BC

2 Kings

538 BC

Daniel

536 BC

Haggai

520 BC

Zechariah

480 BC

Ezra

457 BC

Esther

450 BC

1 Chronicles

450 BC

Malachi

433 BC

2 Chronicles

430 BC

Nehemiah

424 BC

2000 BC

Job

The Book of Job is the oldest book of the Bible. It predates the Israelites as well as the Patriarchs. Many of the Hebrew words in Job do not appear anywhere else in the Bible making it more difficult to translate.

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