Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
WEB
You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
YLT
Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.
DBT
Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
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.