Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;
WEB
If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
YLT
If its root becometh old in the earth, And its stem doth die in the dust,
DBT
Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,
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.