And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd his sons went and held a feast in the house of each one upon his day; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
Job’s sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
And his sons have gone and made a banquet--the house of each in his day--and have sent and called to their three sisters to eat and to drink with them;
And his sons went and made a feast in the house of each one on his day; and they sent and invited their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
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.