Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
WEB
Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?
YLT
A leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue?
DBT
Wilt thou terrify a driven leaf? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble?
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.