If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;
WEB
If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,
YLT
If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,
DBT
If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,
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.