If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsIf my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:
If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
If my step doth turn aside from the way, And after mine eyes hath my heart gone, And to my hands cleaved hath blemish,
If my step have turned out of the way, and my heart followed mine eyes, and if any blot cleaveth to my hands;
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.