Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
KJV
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsSeeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
If determined are his days, The number of his months are with Thee, His limit Thou hast made, And he passeth not over;
If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, [and] thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass,
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.