He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly.
WEB
He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.
YLT
Wealth he hath swallowed, and doth vomit it. From his belly God driveth it out.
DBT
He hath swallowed down riches, but he shall vomit them up again:God shall cast them out of his belly.
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.