For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:
WEB
For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.
YLT
For Thou writest against me bitter things, And causest me to possess iniquities of my youth:
DBT
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth;
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.