Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And lay thou thy treasure in the dust, Andthe gold ofOphir among the stones of the brooks;
WEB
and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
YLT
So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.
DBT
And put the precious ore with the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents,
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.