Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty;
WEB
But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
YLT
If thou dost seek early unto God, And unto the Mighty makest supplication,
DBT
If thou seek earnestly untoGod, and make thy supplication to the Almighty,
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.