There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
WEB
There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
YLT
There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;
DBT
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
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.