As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:
WEB
Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.
YLT
As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,
DBT
As a bondman earnestly desireth the shadow, and a hireling expecteth his wages,
About this book
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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.