His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
WEB
If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.
YLT
Honoured are his sons, and he knoweth not; And they are little, and he attendeth not to them.
DBT
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not.
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.