Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
WEB
For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
YLT
For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.
DBT
For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
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.