Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me.
WEB
“So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.
YLT
Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer, And because of my sensations in me.
DBT
Therefore do my thoughts give me an answer, and for this is my haste within 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.