If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression;
WEB
When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
YLT
If thy sons have sinned before Him, And He doth send them away, By the hand of their transgression,
DBT
If thy children have sinned against him, he hath also given them over into the hand of their transgression.
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.