Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
If he set his heart upon himself, Ifhe gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
WEB
If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,
YLT
If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth.
DBT
If he only thought of himself, [and] gathered unto him his spirit and his breath,
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.