Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moistened.
WEB
His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.
YLT
His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow his bones doth moisten.
DBT
His sides are full of fat, and the marrow of his bones is moistened;
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.