Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFrom out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.
From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; andGod imputeth not the impiety.
About this book
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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.