They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThese are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.
Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.
There are those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
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.