That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
KJV
Parallel translations
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
WEB
the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
YLT
That the singing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the profane for a moment,
DBT
The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment?
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.