Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
WEB
what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?
YLT
Then what do I do when God ariseth? And when He doth inspect, What do I answer Him?
DBT
What then should I do whenGod riseth up? and if he visited, what should I answer him?
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.