And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;
WEB
he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.
YLT
And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.
DBT
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.
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.