Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Is there any number of his armies? And upon whom doth not his light arise?
WEB
Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?
YLT
Is their any number to His troops? And on whom ariseth not His light?
DBT
Is there any number of his troops? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
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.