He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
KJV
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4 additional translationsDBT
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are quite estranged from me.
ASV
He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
WEB
He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
YLT
My brethren from me He hath put far off, And mine acquaintances surely Have been estranged from me.
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.