He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He is the chief of the ways of God: Heonlythat made him giveth him his sword.
WEB
He is the foremost of God’s works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him.
YLT
He is a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;
DBT
He is the chief ofGod's ways: he that made him gave him his sword.
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.