My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away;
WEB
But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,
YLT
My brethren have deceived as a brook, As a stream of brooks they pass away.
DBT
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a stream, as the channel of streams which pass away,
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.