Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsBehold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn the land.
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; and he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
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.