Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
For he oppressed--he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.
For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.
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.