Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven.
WEB
Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’
YLT
Thick clouds are a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,
DBT
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.
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.