He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
WEB
Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
YLT
As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.
DBT
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.
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.