He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsYLT
From overflowing floods he hath bound, And the hidden thing bringeth out to light.
ASV
He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
WEB
He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
DBT
He bindeth the streams that they drip not, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light.
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.