Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
WEB
The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
YLT
Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor,
DBT
The prisoners together are at ease; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
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.