For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out
WEB
Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.
YLT
For, ask I pray thee of a former generation, And prepare to a search of their fathers,
DBT
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and attend to the researches of their fathers;
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.