Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
That the godless man reign not, That there be none to ensnare the people.
WEB
that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people.
YLT
From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;
DBT
That the ungodly man reign not, that the people be not ensnared.
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.