The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
WEB
Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
YLT
And the righteous layeth hold on his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And--dumb are they all.
DBT
But the righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall increase in strength.
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.