Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
WEB
Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?
YLT
Thy hands have taken pains about me, And they make me together round about, And Thou swallowest me up!
DBT
Thy hands have bound me together and made me as one, round about; yet dost thou swallow me up!
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.