They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThey have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.
They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
They have gaped on me with their mouth, In reproach they have smitten my cheeks, Together against me they set themselves.
They gape upon me with their mouth; they smite my cheeks reproachfully; they range themselves together against me.
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.