Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;
WEB
He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
YLT
Stretching out the heavens by Himself, And treading on the heights of the sea,
DBT
Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea;
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.