For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.
WEB
For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
YLT
But if a man like myself--I answer him, We come together into judgment.
DBT
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; that we should come together in judgment.
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.