Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
KJV
Parallel translations
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
WEB
Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
YLT
Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,
DBT
Behold, happy is the man whomGod correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
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.