Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:
You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
And puttest in the stocks my feet, And observest all my paths, On the roots of my feet Thou settest a print,
And thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and markest all my paths; thou settest a bound about the soles of my feet; —
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.