Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
By the breath of God ice is given; And the breadth of the waters is straitened.
WEB
By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.
YLT
From the breath of God is frost given, And the breadth of waters is straitened,
DBT
By the breath ofGod ice is given; and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
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.