Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
WEB
They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
YLT
They have passed on with ships of reed, As an eagle darteth on food.
DBT
They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey.
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.