They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.
WEB
Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.
YLT
At this day westerns have been astonished And easterns have taken fright.
DBT
They that come after shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before [them] were affrighted.
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.