Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
That shaketh the earth out of its place, And the pillars thereof tremble;
WEB
He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.
YLT
Who is shaking earth from its place, And its pillars move themselves.
DBT
Who shaketh the earth out of its place, and the pillars thereof tremble;
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.