By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
By God’sgreat force is my garment disfigured; It bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
WEB
With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.
YLT
By the abundance of power, Is my clothing changed, As the mouth of my coat it doth gird me.
DBT
By their great force they have become my raiment; they bind me about as the collar of my coat.
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.