Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsYLT
A path--not known it hath a ravenous fowl, Nor scorched it hath an eye of the kite,
DBT
It is a path no bird of prey knoweth, and the vulture's eye hath not seen it;
ASV
That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon’s eye seen it:
WEB
No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
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.