Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, And he seeth all his goings.
WEB
For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.
YLT
For His eyes are on the ways of each, And all his steps He doth see.
DBT
For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his steps.
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.