Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsBut his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.
He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”
Only--his flesh for him is pained, And his soul for him doth mourn.'
But his flesh hath pain for himself alone, and his soul mourneth for himself.
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.