Book before Job (6)
I believe the answer is:
esther
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">book before job</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for esther that I've seen before include "Section of Bible" , "Good book" , "Girl's name; OT book" , "Holy Book" , "Biblical heroine who became queen of Persia" .)