The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsWEB
The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
YLT
The eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes are upon me--and I am not.
ASV
The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.
DBT
The eye of him that hath seen me shall behold me no [more]: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
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.