He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.
WEB
He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
YLT
Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away.
DBT
He depriveth of speech the trusty, and taketh away the judgment of the elders;
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.