Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Teach us what we shall say unto him; For we cannot set our speech in order by reason of darkness.
WEB
Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness.
YLT
Let us know what we say to Him, We set not in array because of darkness.
DBT
Teach us what we shall say unto him! We cannot order [our words] by reason of darkness.
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.