Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
WEB
But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
YLT
And he hath filled their houses with good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
DBT
Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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.