Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.
WEB
I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
YLT
I cry unto Thee, And Thou dost not answer me, I have stood, and Thou dost consider me.
DBT
I cry unto thee, and thou answerest me not; I stand up, and thou lookest at me.
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.