What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,
WEB
What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,
YLT
What is man that Thou dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart?
DBT
What is man, that thou makest much of him? and that thou settest thy heart upon him?
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.