They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
KJV
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4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
So thatthey go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves.
WEB
Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
YLT
Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry--have taken away a sheaf.
DBT
These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf;
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.