This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.
WEB
this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.
YLT
It also is a judicial iniquity, For I had lied to God above.
DBT
This also would be an iniquity for the judge, for I should have denied theGod who is above.
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.