Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, And seeth under the whole heaven;
WEB
For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
YLT
For He to the ends of the earth doth look, Under the whole heavens He doth see,
DBT
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, he seeth under the whole heaven.
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.