That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?
WEB
that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?
YLT
To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,
DBT
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it?
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.