The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThe clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.
The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.
Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering.
The clods of the valley are sweet unto him; and every man followeth suit after him, as there were innumerable before him.
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.