Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsBehold, this is the joy of his way; And out of the earth shall others spring.
Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.
Lo, this is the joy of his way, And from the dust others spring up.'
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the dust shall others grow.
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.