Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And sealeth up the stars;
WEB
He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
YLT
Who is speaking to the sun, and it riseth not, And the stars He sealeth up.
DBT
Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and he sealeth up the stars;
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.