She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, she is without fear;
WEB
She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.
YLT
Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain is her labour without fear.
DBT
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.
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.