He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He will deliverevenhim that is not innocent: Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.
WEB
He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”
YLT
He delivereth the not innocent, Yea, he hath been delivered By the cleanness of thy hands.
DBT
[Even] him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.
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.