Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
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4 additional translationsBecause I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door—
because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—
Because I fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families doth affright me, Then I am silent, I go not out of the opening.
Because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and went not out of the door, ...
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.