He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
WEB
He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
YLT
Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
DBT
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
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.