He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsHe swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet.
Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.
With trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast Because of the sound of a trumpet.
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself at the sound of the trumpet:
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.