Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
WEB
“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
YLT
When do ye set an end to words? Consider ye, and afterwards do we speak.
DBT
How long will ye hunt for words? Be intelligent, and then we will speak.
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.