And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd it is turned round about by his guidance, That they may do whatsoever he commandeth them Upon the face of the habitable world,
They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.
And it is turning itself round by His counsels, For their doing all He commandeth them, On the face of the habitable earth.
And they are turned every way by his guidance, that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the circuit of the earth,
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.