Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, And the sound that goeth out of his mouth.
WEB
Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
YLT
Hearken diligently to the trembling of His voice, Yea, the sound from His mouth goeth forth.
DBT
Hear attentively the roar of his voice, and the murmur going forth from his mouth.
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.