Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, And his life to the destroyers.
WEB
He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
YLT
And draw near to the pit doth his soul, And his life to those causing death.
DBT
And his soul draweth near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
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.