Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsGod delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked.
God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.
God shutteth me up unto the perverse, And to the hands of the wicked turneth me over.
God hath delivered me over to the iniquitous man, and hurled me into the hands of the wicked.
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.