Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He openeth also their ear to instruction, And commandeth that they return from iniquity.
WEB
He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.
YLT
And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.
DBT
And he openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
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.