Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
WEB
Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
YLT
Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?
DBT
Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
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.