But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.
WEB
But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.
YLT
Return, and come in, I pray you, And I find not among you a wise man.
DBT
But as for you all, pray come on again; and I shall not find one wise man among you.
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.