Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields;
WEB
He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
YLT
Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.
DBT
Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;
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.