Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
WEB
Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.
YLT
Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.
DBT
Because there is wrath, [beware] lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.
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.