Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; They go forth, and return not again.
WEB
Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.
YLT
Safe are their young ones, They grow up in the field, they have gone out, And have not returned to them.
DBT
Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go forth, and return not unto them.
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.