Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Thou liftest me up to the wind, thou causest me to rideupon it; And thou dissolvest me in the storm.
WEB
You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.
YLT
Thou dost lift me up, On the wind Thou dost cause me to ride, And Thou meltest--Thou levellest me.
DBT
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to be borne away, and dissolvest my substance.
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.