Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?
WEB
In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?
YLT
Where is this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the earth.
DBT
By what way is the light parted, [and] the east wind scattered upon 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.