Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
WEB
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
YLT
Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'
DBT
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowl of the heavens?
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.