Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
WEB
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
YLT
It is not valued with pure gold of Ophir, With precious onyx and sapphire,
DBT
It is not set in the balance with gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, and the sapphire.
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.