If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Ifwe speakof strength, lo, he ismighty! And if of justice, Who, saith he, will summon me?
WEB
If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
YLT
If of power, lo, the Strong One; And if of judgment--who doth convene me?
DBT
Be it a question of strength, lo, [he is] strong; and be it of judgment, who will set me a time?
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.