Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
WEB
Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
YLT
And they say to God, `Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.
DBT
And they say untoGod, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!
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.