Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, Andwander for lack of food?
WEB
Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
YLT
Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.
DBT
Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry untoGod, [and] they wander for lack of meat?
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.