Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
WEB
For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.
YLT
For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding:
DBT
ForGod hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.
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.