If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsIf thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
If pure and upright thou art , Surely now He waketh for thee, And hath completed The habitation of thy righteousness.
If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous;
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.