Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Are the consolations of God too small for thee, Even the word that is gentle toward thee?
WEB
Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?
YLT
Too few for thee are the comforts of God? And a gentle word is with thee,
DBT
Are the consolations ofGod too small for thee? and the word gently spoken to thee?
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.