Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.
WEB
He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
YLT
Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth upon nothing,
DBT
He stretcheth out the north over empty space, he hangeth the earth upon nothing;
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.