For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash.
WEB
For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been rash.
YLT
For now, than the sands of the sea it is heavier, Therefore my words have been rash.
DBT
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words are vehement.
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.