Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
WEB
Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
YLT
Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow with his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?
DBT
Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after 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.