Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, The wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?
WEB
Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?
YLT
Dost thou know the balancings of a cloud? The wonders of the Perfect in knowledge?
DBT
Dost thou know about the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him that is perfect in knowledge?
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.