Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, And caused the dayspring to know its place;
WEB
In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,
DBT
Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,
YLT
Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?
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.