Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, And his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
WEB
He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
YLT
Under the whole heavens He directeth it, And its light is over the skirts of the earth.
DBT
He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
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.