Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?
WEB
“Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?
YLT
Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.
DBT
Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days?
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.