Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
WEB
Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
YLT
Who hath brought before Me and I repay? Under the whole heavens it is mine.
DBT
Who hath first given to me, that I should repay [him]? [Whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.
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.