They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsDBT
The sojourners in my house and my maids count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.
ASV
They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
WEB
My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.
YLT
Sojourners of my house and my maids, For a stranger reckon me: An alien I have been in their eyes.
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.