The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
WEB
The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
YLT
An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate.
DBT
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
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.