Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
WEB
Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
YLT
Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?
DBT
Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?
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.