When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
When they casttheedown, thou shalt say, There is lifting up; And the humble person he will save.
WEB
When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.
YLT
For they have made low, And thou sayest, `Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.
DBT
When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes.
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.