To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
WEB
to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,
YLT
To cause it to rain on a land--no man, A wilderness--no man in it.
DBT
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;
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.