And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wideasfor the latter rain.
WEB
They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.
YLT
And they wait as for rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide As for the latter rain.
DBT
And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
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.