For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
WEB
For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
YLT
For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.
DBT
For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.
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.