Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
WEB
You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
YLT
When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.
DBT
Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
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.