Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.
WEB
If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.
YLT
That day--let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.
DBT
That day — let it be darkness, let notGod care for it from above, neither let light shine upon 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.