Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season.
You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.
Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.
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.