For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
(For with sons of the field is thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
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.