A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThe land dark as midnight, The landof the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.
to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
A land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade--and no order, And the shining is as thick darkness.'
A land of gloom, as darkness itself; of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as thick darkness.
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.