If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.
WEB
if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
YLT
If iniquity is in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents.
DBT
If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;
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.