Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
WEB
You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
YLT
And hast known that numerous is Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;
DBT
And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.
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.