This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThis is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:
This is the wicked man’s portion from God— the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
This is the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive.
This is the portion of the wicked man withGod, and the heritage of the violent, which they receive from the Almighty: —
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.