Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
YetGod preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.
WEB
Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.
YLT
And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life.
DBT
He draweth also the mighty with his power; he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.
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.