How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
How hast thou helped him that is without power! How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength!
WEB
“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!
YLT
What--thou hast helped the powerless, Saved an arm not strong!
DBT
How hast thou helped the powerless; how saved the arm that is without strength!
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.