Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Before I go whence I shall not return, Evento the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
WEB
before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom,
YLT
Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade,
DBT
Before I go, and never to return, — to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJob — The canonical wisdom-literature interrogation of undeserved suffering. A prose frame enclosing three cycles of dialogue, a late Elihu interrupt, and a whirlwind theophany that does not answer the question — it relativizes it.
- Author
- Anonymous. Talmudic tradition names Moses (Bava Batra 14b); internal features (patriarchal setting, no Mosaic Law reference, Job sacrificing as family head, *qesitah* currency of Gen 33:19) suggest patriarchal-era composition or at least tradition-origin.
- Date
- Traditional: patriarchal period, c. 2000–1800 BC. Critical proposals scatter across pre-exilic to post-exilic. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer takes the position.