Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again?
WEB
Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?
YLT
Remember, I pray Thee, That as clay Thou hast made me, And unto dust Thou dost bring me back.
DBT
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as clay, and wilt bring me into dust again.
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.