The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.
WEB
He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
YLT
Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.
DBT
He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
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.