Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.
WEB
He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.
YLT
A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.
DBT
He inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff, and the fastness:
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.