Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.
WEB
The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
YLT
From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above cut off is his crop.
DBT
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off;
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.