For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
For there is of a tree hope, if it be cut down, That again it doth change, That its tender branch doth not cease.
For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;
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.