With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.
WEB
He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
YLT
By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,
DBT
[His] hands he covereth with lightning, and commandeth it where it is to strike.
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.