Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the pinions and plumage of love?
WEB
The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.
YLT
The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.
DBT
The wing of the ostrich beats joyously — But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?
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.