Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
Then Job arose, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped;
WEB
Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
YLT
And Job riseth, and rendeth his robe, and shaveth his head, and falleth to the earth, and doth obeisance,
DBT
And Job rose up, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshipped;
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.