Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
WEB
Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.
YLT
Terrify him do adversity and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster.
DBT
Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle.
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.