He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
KJV
Parallel translations
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He shall have neither son nor son’s son among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned.
WEB
He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
YLT
He hath no continuator, Nor successor among his people, And none is remaining in his dwellings.
DBT
He hath neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining in the places of his sojourn.
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.