To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
To satisfy the waste and desolate ground, And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
WEB
to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?
YLT
To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?
DBT
To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground], and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?
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.