At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
WEB
You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
YLT
At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.
DBT
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.
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.