It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The members of his body shall be devoured, Yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.
WEB
It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.
YLT
It consumeth the parts of his skin, Consume his parts doth death's first-born.
DBT
The firstborn of death devoureth the members of his body; it will devour his members.
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.