Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable.
WEB
Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
YLT
Lo, God is high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there is no searching.
DBT
Lo,God is great, and we comprehend [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
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.