Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Did I say, Give unto me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance?
WEB
Have I ever said, ‘Give me something; offer me a bribe from your wealth;
YLT
Is it because I said, Give to me? And, By your power bribe for me?
DBT
Did I say, Bring unto me, and make me a present from your substance?
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.