Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?
WEB
Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?
YLT
Of the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom?
DBT
Hast thou listened in the secret council ofGod? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?
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.