Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
WEB
“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
YLT
Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?
DBT
Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
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.