There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
WEB
Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
YLT
There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.
DBT
There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.
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.