But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsBut ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:
But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
And yet, ask, I pray thee, One of the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowl of the heavens, and they shall tell thee;
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.