Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.
WEB
They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
YLT
Treating evil the barren who beareth not, And to the widow he doth no good,
DBT
He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow:
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.