Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.
WEB
while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.
YLT
As to the man of arm--he hath the earth, And the accepted of face--he dwelleth in it.
DBT
But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.
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.