As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul
WEB
“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice— the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
YLT
God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty--He made my soul bitter.
DBT
[As]God liveth, who hath taken away my right, and the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul,
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.