But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsBut now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.
And now, laughed at me, Have the younger in days than I, Whose fathers I have loathed to set With the dogs of my flock.
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
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.