Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
WEB
Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
YLT
Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?
DBT
Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
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.