Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsDBT
I called my servant, and he answered not; I entreated him with my mouth.
ASV
I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, ThoughI entreat him with my mouth.
WEB
I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.
YLT
To my servant I have called, And he doth not answer, With my mouth I make supplication to him.
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.