What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
WEB
Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
YLT
What is the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'
DBT
What is the Almighty that we should serve him? and what are we profited if we pray unto him?
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.