How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
KJV
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsHow much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!
how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
Also--the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation is in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.)
How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth!
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.