Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
WEB
You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
YLT
Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.
DBT
Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
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.