CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary - Google Books</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/books/css/_a33f2a89320471e58c940b9287b9d4eb/kl_about_this_book_kennedy_full_bundle.css" type="text/css" /><link rel="stylesheet"href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Product+Sans:wght@400"><script src="/books/javascript/atb_a33f2a89320471e58c940b9287b9d4eb__en.js"></script><link rel="canonical" href="https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Wisdom_Books_Job_Proverbs_and_Eccles.html?id=TujOn209Ts8C"/><meta property="og:url" content="https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Wisdom_Books_Job_Proverbs_and_Eccles.html?id=TujOn209Ts8C"/><meta name="title" content="The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary"/><meta name="description" content="First time in paperback: “One of the most ambitious literary projects of this or any age.”—Adam Kirsch, New Republic Here in Robert Alter's bold new translation are some of the most magnificent works in world literature. The astounding poetry in the Book of Job is restored to its powerful ancient meanings and rhythms. The creation account in its Voice from the Whirlwind is beautiful and incendiary. By contrast, a serene fatalism suffuses Ecclesiastes with a quiet beauty, and the pithy maxims of Proverbs impart a worldly wisdom that is satirically shrewd. Each of these books addresses the universal wisdom that the righteous thrive and the wicked suffer in a rational moral order; together they are essential to the ancient canon that is the Hebrew Bible."/><meta property="og:title" content="The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary"/><meta property="og:type" content="book"/><meta property="og:site_name" content="Google Books"/><meta property="og:image" content="https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=TujOn209Ts8C&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&imgtk=AFLRE72DkIUatK8KFpzUTT0Xniexv10IbYY2ct8WY28PeuMG6s7H0u6-FhnxMuUQfMDaXW2GsjgdaE-pjsK3fLtl_-32xk4ZzhUD8Ha3O9JG-CUhFVRFmtSIzPcYXcAMlvLXsuapF3Yz"/><link rel="image_src" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=TujOn209Ts8C&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&imgtk=AFLRE72DkIUatK8KFpzUTT0Xniexv10IbYY2ct8WY28PeuMG6s7H0u6-FhnxMuUQfMDaXW2GsjgdaE-pjsK3fLtl_-32xk4ZzhUD8Ha3O9JG-CUhFVRFmtSIzPcYXcAMlvLXsuapF3Yz"/><script></script><style>#gbar,#guser{font-size:13px;padding-top:1px !important;}#gbar{height:22px}#guser{padding-bottom:7px !important;text-align:right}.gbh,.gbd{border-top:1px solid #c9d7f1;font-size:1px}.gbh{height:0;position:absolute;top:24px;width:100%}@media all{.gb1{height:22px;margin-right:.5em;vertical-align:top}#gbar{float:left}}a.gb1,a.gb4{text-decoration:underline !important}a.gb1,a.gb4{color:#00c !important}.gbi .gb4{color:#dd8e27 !important}.gbf .gb4{color:#900 !important} #gbar { padding:.3em .6em !important;}</style></head><body class=""><div id=gbar><nobr><a target=_blank class=gb1 href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tab=pw">Search</a> <a target=_blank class=gb1 href="https://www.google.com.sg/imghp?hl=en&tab=pi">Images</a> <a target=_blank class=gb1 href="https://maps.google.com.sg/maps?hl=en&tab=pl">Maps</a> <a target=_blank class=gb1 href="https://play.google.com/?hl=en&tab=p8">Play</a> <a target=_blank class=gb1 href="https://www.youtube.com/?tab=p1">YouTube</a> <a target=_blank class=gb1 href="https://news.google.com/?tab=pn">News</a> <a target=_blank class=gb1 href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?tab=pm">Gmail</a> <a target=_blank class=gb1 href="https://drive.google.com/?tab=po">Drive</a> <a target=_blank class=gb1 style="text-decoration:none" href="https://www.google.com.sg/intl/en/about/products?tab=ph"><u>More</u> »</a></nobr></div><div id=guser width=100%><nobr><span id=gbn class=gbi></span><span id=gbf class=gbf></span><span id=gbe></span><a target=_top id=gb_70 href="https://www.google.com/accounts/Login?service=print&continue=https://books.google.com.sg/books%3Fid%3DTujOn209Ts8C%26redir_esc%3Dy%26hl%3Den&hl=en&ec=GAZACg" class=gb4>Sign in</a></nobr></div><div class=gbh style=left:0></div><div class=gbh style=right:0></div><div role="alert" style="position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0;"><a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&redir_esc=y&hl=en&output=html_text" title="Screen reader users: click this link for accessible mode. Accessible mode has the same essential features but works better with your reader."><img border="0" src="//www.google.com/images/cleardot.gif"alt="Screen reader users: click this link for accessible mode. Accessible mode has the same essential features but works better with your reader."></a></div><div class="kd-appbar"><h2 class="kd-appname"><a href="/books">Books</a></h2><div class="kd-buttonbar left" id="left-toolbar-buttons"><a id="appbar-view-print-sample-link" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb"></a><a id="appbar-view-ebook-sample-link" href="https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=TujOn209Ts8C&source=gbs_atb"></a><a id="appbar-patents-prior-art-finder-link" href=""></a><a id="appbar-patents-discuss-this-link" href="" data-is-grant=""></a><a id="appbar-read-patent-link" href=""></a><a id="appbar-download-pdf-link" href=""></a></div><div class="kd-buttonbar right" id="right-toolbar-buttons"></div></div><div style="display: none"><ol id="ofe-gear-menu-contents" class="gbmcc"><li class="gbe gbmtc"><a class="gbmt goog-menuitem-content" id="" href="https://www.google.com/accounts/Login?service=print&continue=https://books.google.com.sg/books%3Fop%3Dlibrary&hl=en">My library</a></li><li class="gbe gbmtc"><a class="gbmt goog-menuitem-content" id="" href="http://books.google.com.sg/support/topic/4359341?hl=en-SG">Help</a></li><li class="gbe gbmtc"><a class="gbmt goog-menuitem-content" id="" href="https://books.google.com.sg/advanced_book_search">Advanced Book Search</a></li></ol></div><div id="volume-main"><div id="volume-left"><div id=menu_container ><div id="menu_scroll_wrapper"><div id="menu_scroll" role="navigation"><div id="gb-get-book-container"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=TujOn209Ts8C&rdid=book-TujOn209Ts8C&rdot=1&source=gbs_atb&pcampaignid=books_booksearch_atb" id="gb-get-book-content">Buy eBook - SGD 17.52</a></div><p id="gb-buy-options-trigger" class="gb-buy-options-link">Get this book in print</p><h3 class=about_title><a name="buy_anchor"></a></h3><div id=buy class=about_content><div id=buy_v><ul style="list-style-type: none; padding-left: 0; margin: 0;"><li><a style="white-space:normal" href="http://www.wwnorton.com/books/978-0-393-08073-5" dir=ltr onMouseOver="this.href='http://www.wwnorton.com/books/978-0-393-08073-5';return false" onMouseDown="this.href='/url?client\x3dca-print-wwnorton\x26format\x3dgoogleprint\x26num\x3d0\x26id\x3dTujOn209Ts8C\x26q\x3dhttp://www.wwnorton.com/books/978-0-393-08073-5\x26usg\x3dAOvVaw1SByubx6Q8Qg6hJZxQMhHF\x26source\x3dgbs_buy_r';return true"><span dir=ltr>W. W. Norton & Company</span></a></li><li><a style="white-space:normal" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?index=books&linkCode=qs&keywords=9780393080735" dir=ltr onMouseOver="this.href='http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?index\x3dbooks\x26linkCode\x3dqs\x26keywords\x3d9780393080735';return false" onMouseDown="this.href='/url?client\x3dca-print-wwnorton\x26format\x3dgoogleprint\x26num\x3d0\x26id\x3dTujOn209Ts8C\x26q\x3dhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/search%3Findex%3Dbooks%26linkCode%3Dqs%26keywords%3D9780393080735\x26usg\x3dAOvVaw0ki7FJTZopFap_3mxUba9r\x26source\x3dgbs_buy_r';return true"><span dir=ltr>Amazon.com</span></a></li><li><a style="white-space:normal" href="http://www.mphonline.com/books/nsearch.aspx?do=detail&pcode=9780393080735" dir=ltr onMouseOver="this.href='http://www.mphonline.com/books/nsearch.aspx?do\x3ddetail\x26pcode\x3d9780393080735';return false" onMouseDown="this.href='/url?client\x3dca-print-wwnorton\x26format\x3dgoogleprint\x26num\x3d0\x26id\x3dTujOn209Ts8C\x26q\x3dhttp://www.mphonline.com/books/nsearch.aspx%3Fdo%3Ddetail%26pcode%3D9780393080735\x26usg\x3dAOvVaw0r_Uk442XJw9uXWPKj09hM\x26source\x3dgbs_buy_r';return true"><span dir=ltr>MPH</span></a></li><li><a style="white-space:normal" href="https://www.popular.com.sg/catalogsearch/result/?q=9780393080735" dir=ltr onMouseOver="this.href='https://www.popular.com.sg/catalogsearch/result/?q\x3d9780393080735';return false" onMouseDown="this.href='/url?client\x3dca-print-wwnorton\x26format\x3dgoogleprint\x26num\x3d0\x26id\x3dTujOn209Ts8C\x26q\x3dhttps://www.popular.com.sg/catalogsearch/result/%3Fq%3D9780393080735\x26usg\x3dAOvVaw0cuJ-QvpSGGrL6Cenk8OYO\x26source\x3dgbs_buy_r';return true"><span dir=ltr>Popular</span></a></li><li><hr style="margin-right: 20%; color: #666;"></li><li><a style="white-space:normal" href="https://books.google.com.sg/url?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1358749197&clientid=librarylink&usg=AOvVaw22792fJIDOUNzHCmAShV-d&source=gbs_buy_r"><span dir=ltr>Find in a library</span></a></li><li><a class="secondary" style="white-space:normal" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&sitesec=buy&source=gbs_buy_r" id="get-all-sellers-link"><span dir=ltr>All sellers</span> »</a></li></ul></div></div><div class=menu id=menu><div class="menu_content" style="margin-bottom:6px"><div style="margin-bottom:4px"></div><div style="margin-bottom:3px"></div><div></div></div></div><div><div id="navbarContainer" class="gb-navbar"></div><script>_OC_InitNavbar({"child_node":[{"title":"My library","url":"https://books.google.com.sg/books?uid=114584440181414684107\u0026source=gbs_lp_bookshelf_list","id":"my_library","collapsed":true},{"title":"My History","url":"","id":"my_history","collapsed":true}],"highlighted_node_id":""});</script></div></div></div></div></div><div id="volume-center"><div id="scroll_atb" role="main"><div class=vertical_module_list_row><div id=ge_summary class=about_content><div id=ge_summary_v><div class="hproduct"><table id="summary_content_table" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td id="bookinfo"><h1 class="booktitle"><span class="fn"><span dir=ltr>The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary</span></span><span class="subtitle"></span></h1><div class="bookcover"><a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0" ><img src="https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=TujOn209Ts8C&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&imgtk=AFLRE71mFJud2SL30n2HiDl21XPmq4V8eW32JURPGvWKFatcDVGQvhDEPApbTZU3Z3POOHc2tppP4fRDVliiH2wD3ZogKhaWmejJG8RiPJExP9c0JL45lsiiCMYgi4b4fHbe9fcvrs8I" alt="Front Cover" title="Front Cover" width=128 border=1 id=summary-frontcover ></a></div><div class="bookinfo_sectionwrap"><div></div><div><span dir=ltr>W. W. Norton & Company</span>, <span dir=ltr>11 Oct 2010</span> - <a class="secondary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Religion%22&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0"><span dir=ltr>Religion</span></a> - <span dir=ltr>416 pages</span></div></div><div id=synopsis><div id=synopsis-window><div id=synopsistext dir=ltr class="sa"><p>First time in paperback: “One of the most ambitious literary projects of this or any age.”—Adam Kirsch, New Republic</p> Here in Robert Alter's bold new translation are some of the most magnificent works in world literature. The astounding poetry in the Book of Job is restored to its powerful ancient meanings and rhythms. The creation account in its Voice from the Whirlwind is beautiful and incendiary. By contrast, a serene fatalism suffuses Ecclesiastes with a quiet beauty, and the pithy maxims of Proverbs impart a worldly wisdom that is satirically shrewd. Each of these books addresses the universal wisdom that the righteous thrive and the wicked suffer in a rational moral order; together they are essential to the ancient canon that is the Hebrew Bible.</div></div></div><div class="search_box_wrapper"><form action=/books id=search_form style="margin:0px;padding:0px;" method=get> <input type=hidden name="redir_esc" value="y"><input type=hidden name="id" value="TujOn209Ts8C"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 class="swv-table"><tr><td class="swv-td-search"><span><input id=search_form_input type=text maxlength=1024 class="text_flat swv-input-search" aria-label="Search in this book" name=q value="" title="Search inside" accesskey=i></span></td><td class="swv-td-space"><div> </div></td><td><input type=submit value="Search inside"></td></tr></table><script type="text/javascript">if (window['_OC_autoDir']) {_OC_autoDir('search_form_input');}</script></form><div id="preview-link"><a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&printsec=frontcover" class="primary"><span dir=ltr>Preview this book</span> »</a></div></div></td> </tr></table><div id="summary-second-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class=about_title><a name="selected_pages_anchor"></a>Selected pages</h3><div id=selected_pages class=about_content><div id=selected_pages_v><div class="selectedpagesthumbnail"><a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&pg=PR5&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1" ><img src="https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=TujOn209Ts8C&pg=PR5&img=1&zoom=1&sig=ACfU3U0xpEYJ91OkiJrBi2Aptgm1RX447g" alt="Title Page" title="Title Page" height="160" border="1"></a><br/><a class="primary" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&pg=PR5&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1" >Title Page</a></div><div class="selectedpagesthumbnail"><a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&pg=PR9&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1" ><img src="https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=TujOn209Ts8C&pg=PR9&img=1&zoom=1&sig=ACfU3U3RDY33E0Okc7HNnHJoPG65-b-SNA" alt="Table of Contents" title="Table of Contents" height="160" border="1"></a><br/><a class="primary" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&pg=PR9&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1" >Table of Contents</a></div><div style="clear:both;"></div></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class=about_title><a name="toc_anchor"></a>Contents</h3><div id=toc class=about_content><div id=toc_v><div class="first_toc_column"><div class="first_toc_pad"><table><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Introduction </span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>183</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>The Book of Proverbs </span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>193</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr></table></div></div><div class="second_toc_column"><div class="second_toc_pad"><table><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>For Further Reading </span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>393</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><a class="primary" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&printsec=copyright" ><span title="Copyright" style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Copyright</span></span></a></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr></table></div></div><br style="clear:both;"/></div><div style="clear:left; height:1em"></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class=about_title><a name="book_other_versions_anchor"></a>Other editions - <a href='https://books.google.com.sg/books?q=editions:ISBN0393080730&id=TujOn209Ts8C'>View all</a></h3><div id=book_other_versions class=about_content><div id=book_other_versions_v><div class="one-third-column"><div class="crsiwrapper"><table class="rsi" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0><tr><td class="coverdstd" align="center"><a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=FsluW57JD8kC&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=3" ><img alt="" class="coverthumb hover-card-attach-point" src="https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=FsluW57JD8kC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5" border="0" height="80"></a></td><td valign=top><div class=resbdy><a class="primary cresbdy" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=FsluW57JD8kC&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=3"><span dir=ltr>The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary</span></a><br><span style="line-height: 1.3em; font-size:-1;"><span></span><br/><span><span style="color:#999">No preview available</span> - 2011</span><br/></span></div></td><td align=right></td></tr></table></div></div><div class="one-third-column"><div class="crsiwrapper"><table class="rsi" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0><tr><td class="coverdstd" align="center"><a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=XaBLjgEACAAJ&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=3" ><img alt="" class="coverthumb hover-card-attach-point" src="https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=XaBLjgEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5" border="0" height="80"></a></td><td valign=top><div class=resbdy><a class="primary cresbdy" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=XaBLjgEACAAJ&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=3"><span dir=ltr>The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes : a Translation with ...</span></a><br><span style="line-height: 1.3em; font-size:-1;"><span><a href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Robert+Alter%22" class="secondary"><span dir=ltr>Robert Alter</span></a></span><br/><span><span style="color:#999">No preview available</span> - 2010</span><br/></span></div></td><td align=right></td></tr></table></div></div><div class="one-third-column"><div class="crsiwrapper"><table class="rsi" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0><tr><td class="coverdstd" align="center"><a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=zliNEAAAQBAJ&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=3" ><img alt="" class="coverthumb hover-card-attach-point" src="https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=zliNEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5" border="0" height="80"></a></td><td valign=top><div class=resbdy><a class="primary cresbdy" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=zliNEAAAQBAJ&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=3"><span dir=ltr>The Wisdom Books: Job Proverbs And Ecclesiastes</span></a><br><span style="line-height: 1.3em; font-size:-1;"><span><a href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Robert+Alter%22" class="secondary"><span dir=ltr>Robert Alter</span></a></span><br/><span><span style="color:#999">No preview available</span> - 2011</span><br/></span></div></td><td align=right></td></tr></table></div></div><script>(function () {var fn = window['_OC_WSBookList'] || window['_OC_BookList'];fn && fn('book_other_versions', [{"title":"The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary","bib_key":"ISBN:9780393340532","pub_date":"20 Sept 2011","snippet":"Robert Alter's bold new translation of the \"wisdom books\" of the Old Testament.","subject":"Religion","info_url":"https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=FsluW57JD8kC\u0026source=gbs_book_other_versions","preview_url":"https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=FsluW57JD8kC\u0026source=gbs_book_other_versions","thumbnail_url":"https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=FsluW57JD8kC\u0026printsec=frontcover\u0026img=1\u0026zoom=1","num_pages":413,"viewability":4,"preview":"noview","embeddable":false,"my_ebooks_url":"https://www.google.com/accounts/Login?service=print\u0026continue=https://books.google.com.sg/books%3Fas_coll%3D7\u0026hl=en","can_download_pdf":false,"can_download_epub":false,"is_pdf_drm_enabled":false,"is_epub_drm_enabled":false},{"title":"The Wisdom Books","authors":"Robert Alter","bib_key":"ISBN:0393068129","pub_date":"2010","snippet":"\"An award-winning author and professor adds a new volume to his series of translations and commentary on the Hebrew Bible, focusing on the rational moral order described in Job ...","subject":"Religion","info_url":"https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=XaBLjgEACAAJ\u0026source=gbs_book_other_versions","preview_url":"https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=XaBLjgEACAAJ\u0026source=gbs_book_other_versions","thumbnail_url":"https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=XaBLjgEACAAJ\u0026printsec=frontcover\u0026img=1\u0026zoom=1","num_pages":394,"viewability":4,"preview":"noview","embeddable":false,"my_ebooks_url":"https://www.google.com/accounts/Login?service=print\u0026continue=https://books.google.com.sg/books%3Fas_coll%3D7\u0026hl=en","can_download_pdf":false,"can_download_epub":false,"is_pdf_drm_enabled":false,"is_epub_drm_enabled":false,"subtitle":"Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes : a Translation with Commentary"},{"title":"The Wisdom Books","authors":"Robert Alter","bib_key":"ISBN:9780393340532","pub_date":"20 Sept 2011","snippet":"First time in paperback: “One of the most ambitious literary projects of this or any age.”—Adam Kirsch, New Republic Here in Robert Alter's bold new translation are some of ...","subject":"Religion","info_url":"https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=zliNEAAAQBAJ\u0026source=gbs_book_other_versions","preview_url":"https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=zliNEAAAQBAJ\u0026source=gbs_book_other_versions","thumbnail_url":"https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=zliNEAAAQBAJ\u0026printsec=frontcover\u0026img=1\u0026zoom=1","num_pages":0,"viewability":4,"preview":"noview","embeddable":false,"my_ebooks_url":"https://www.google.com/accounts/Login?service=print\u0026continue=https://books.google.com.sg/books%3Fas_coll%3D7\u0026hl=en","has_flowing_text":true,"can_download_pdf":false,"can_download_epub":false,"is_pdf_drm_enabled":false,"is_epub_drm_enabled":false,"subtitle":"Job Proverbs And Ecclesiastes"}]);})();</script></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class=about_title><a name="word_cloud_anchor"></a>Common terms and phrases</h3><div id=word_cloud class=about_content><div id=word_cloud_v><style type="text/css">.cloud9 {color: #7777cc;font-size: 10px;}.cloud8 {color: #6963CC;font-size: 10.5px;}.cloud7 {color: #6057CC;font-size: 11px;}.cloud6 {color: #574BCC;font-size: 11.5px;}.cloud5 {color: #4E3DCC;font-size: 12px;}.cloud4 {color: #4632CC;font-size: 14px;}.cloud3 {color: #3D26CC;font-size: 16px;}.cloud2 {color: #341ACC;font-size: 18px;}.cloud1 {color: #2B0DCC;font-size: 20px;}.cloud0 {color: #2200CC;font-size: 22px;}.cloud {margin-top: 4px;line-height: 24px;}.cloud a {margin-right: 6px;text-decoration: none;}.cloud a:hover {text-decoration: underline;}</style><div class=cloud><a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=answer&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>answer</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=Aramaic&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>Aramaic</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=beasts&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>beasts</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=beginning&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>beginning</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=better&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>better</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=biblical+Hebrew&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>biblical Hebrew</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=biblical+poetry&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud0"><span dir=ltr>biblical poetry</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=blameless&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>blameless</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=Book+of+Job&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>Book of Job</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=Book+of+Proverbs&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>Book of Proverbs</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=bread&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>bread</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=breath&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>breath</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=Canaanite+mythology&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>Canaanite mythology</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=Chapter&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>Chapter</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=clause&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>clause</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=construe&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>construe</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=context&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>context</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=counsel&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>counsel</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=crime&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>crime</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=darkness&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>darkness</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=death&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>death</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=disaster&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>disaster</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=discerning&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>discerning</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=dolt&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>dolt</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=earth&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>earth</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=Elihu&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>Elihu</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=Eliphaz&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>Eliphaz</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=elsewhere&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>elsewhere</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=emendation&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>emendation</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=evil&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud5"><span dir=ltr>evil</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=eyes&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>eyes</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=fear&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>fear</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=flesh&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>flesh</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=folly&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>folly</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=fool&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud5"><span dir=ltr>fool</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=frame-story&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud1"><span dir=ltr>frame-story</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=friends&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>friends</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=God%E2%80%99s&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>God’s</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=hand&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>hand</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=heart&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>heart</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=heavens&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>heavens</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=Hebrew+says&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>Hebrew says</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=Hebrew+verb&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>Hebrew verb</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=herding+the+wind&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>herding the wind</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=human&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>human</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=idea&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>idea</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=innocence&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>innocence</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=interpreters&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>interpreters</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=Job+poet&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>Job poet</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=Job%27s&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>Job's</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=justice&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>justice</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=keep&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>keep</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=King+James+Version&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>King James Version</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=light&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>light</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=lips&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>lips</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=literal+sense&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>literal sense</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=look&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>look</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=LORD&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud5"><span dir=ltr>LORD</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=man%E2%80%99s&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud5"><span dir=ltr>man’s</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=Masoretic+text+reads&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>Masoretic text reads</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=means&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud5"><span dir=ltr>means</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=metaphor&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>metaphor</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=metonymy&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>metonymy</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=mouth&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud5"><span dir=ltr>mouth</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=narrative&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>narrative</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=night&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>night</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=noun&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>noun</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=parallelism&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>parallelism</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=path&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>path</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=perhaps&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>perhaps</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=person&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>person</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=phrase&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>phrase</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=plural&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>plural</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=poem&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>poem</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=poetic&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>poetic</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=poor&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>poor</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=proverbs&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud0"><span dir=ltr>proverbs</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=Psalms&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>Psalms</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=Qohelet&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud0"><span dir=ltr>Qohelet</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=rebuke&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>rebuke</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=reference&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>reference</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=reproof&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>reproof</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=righteous&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>righteous</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=sated&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>sated</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=scribal&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>scribal</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=second+verset&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>second verset</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=Septuagint&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud0"><span dir=ltr>Septuagint</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=Shaddai&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>Shaddai</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=Sheol&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud0"><span dir=ltr>Sheol</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=sluggard&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>sluggard</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=speak&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>speak</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=speech&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud5"><span dir=ltr>speech</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=term&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>term</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=things&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>things</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=tion&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>tion</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=toil&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>toil</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=translation+follows&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>translation follows</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=turn&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>turn</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=understand&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>understand</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=upright&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>upright</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=verb&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>verb</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=verse&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud1"><span dir=ltr>verse</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=wealth&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=wicked&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>wicked</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=wisdom&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud1"><span dir=ltr>wisdom</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=Wisdom+literature&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>Wisdom literature</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=wise&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>wise</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=woman&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>woman</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=womb&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>womb</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=words&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>words</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=wrath&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>wrath</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&q=Yamm&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>Yamm</span></a></div></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class=about_title><a name="about_author_anchor"></a>About the author <span style="color:#666; font-weight:normal">(2010)</span></h3><div id=about_author class=about_content><div id=about_author_v><div class=textmodulecontent><p>Robert Alter's translation of the Hebrew Bible, the magnificent capstone to a lifetime of distinguished scholarly work, has won the PEN Center Literary Award for Translation. His immense achievements in scholarship ranging from the eighteenth-century European novel to contemporary Hebrew and American literature earned Alter the Robert Kirsch Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Los Angeles Times. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, Alter is the Class of 1937 Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley.</p> </div></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class="about_title">Bibliographic information</h3><div class="about_content" id="metadata_content" style="padding-bottom:.3em"><div class="metadata_sectionwrap"><table id="metadata_content_table"><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label">Title</td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Translated by</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>Robert Alter</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Publisher</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>W. W. Norton & Company, 2010</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>ISBN</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>0393080730, 9780393080735</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Length</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>416 pages</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Subjects</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><div style="display:inline" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Religion%22" itemprop="url" dir=ltr><span itemprop="title">Religion</span></a></div> › <div style="display:inline" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Religion+Biblical+Studies%22" itemprop="url" dir=ltr><span itemprop="title">Biblical Studies</span></a></div> › <div style="display:inline" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Religion+Biblical+Studies+General%22" itemprop="url" dir=ltr><span itemprop="title">General</span></a></div><br><br><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Religion+/+Biblical+Studies+/+General%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=6"><span dir=ltr>Religion / Biblical Studies / General</span></a></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td>&nbsp</td><td>&nbsp</td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Export Citation</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><a class="gb-button " href="https://books.google.com.sg/books/download/The_Wisdom_Books_Job_Proverbs_and_Eccles.bibtex?id=TujOn209Ts8C&output=bibtex"><span dir=ltr>BiBTeX</span></a> <a class="gb-button " href="https://books.google.com.sg/books/download/The_Wisdom_Books_Job_Proverbs_and_Eccles.enw?id=TujOn209Ts8C&output=enw"><span dir=ltr>EndNote</span></a> <a class="gb-button " href="https://books.google.com.sg/books/download/The_Wisdom_Books_Job_Proverbs_and_Eccles.ris?id=TujOn209Ts8C&output=ris"><span dir=ltr>RefMan</span></a></td></tr></table></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><script>_OC_addFlags({Host:"https://books.google.com.sg/", IsBrowsingHistoryEnabled:1, IsZipitFolderCollectionEnabled:1, IsBooksUnifiedLeftNavEnabled:1, IsBooksRentalEnabled:1});_OC_Run({"is_cobrand":false,"sign_in_url":"https://www.google.com/accounts/Login?service=print\u0026continue=https://books.google.com.sg/books%3Fid%3DTujOn209Ts8C%26redir_esc%3Dy%26hl%3Den\u0026hl=en"}, {"volume_id":"TujOn209Ts8C","is_ebook":true,"volumeresult":{"has_flowing_text":true,"has_scanned_text":false,"can_download_pdf":false,"can_download_epub":false,"is_pdf_drm_enabled":false,"is_epub_drm_enabled":false},"sample_url":"https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=TujOn209Ts8C\u0026source=gbs_atb_hover","is_browsable":true,"is_public_domain":false}, {});</script><div id="footer_table" style="font-size:83%;text-align:center;position:relative;top:20px;height:4.5em;margin-top:2em"><div style="margin-bottom:8px"><a href="/intl/en/googlebooks/about.html"><nobr><nobr>About Google Books</nobr></nobr></a> - <a href="/intl/en/googlebooks/privacy.html"><nobr><nobr>Privacy Policy</nobr></nobr></a> - <a href="/intl/en/googlebooks/tos.html"><nobr><nobr>Terms of Service</nobr></nobr></a> - <a href="http://books.google.com.sg/support/partner/?hl=en-SG"><nobr><nobr>Information for Publishers</nobr></nobr></a> - <a href="http://books.google.com.sg/support/answer/180577?hl=en-SG&url=https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=TujOn209Ts8C&redir_esc=y&hl=en&v=TujOn209Ts8C&is=atb"><nobr><nobr>Report an issue</nobr></nobr></a> - <a href="http://books.google.com.sg/support/topic/4359341?hl=en-SG"><nobr><nobr>Help</nobr></nobr></a> - <a href="https://www.google.com.sg/"><nobr><nobr>Google Home</nobr></nobr></a></div></div></div></div></div><script>(function() {var href = window.location.href;if (href.indexOf('?') !== -1) {var parameters = href.split('?')[1].split('&');for (var i = 0; i < parameters.length; i++) {var param = parameters[i].split('=');if (param[0] == 'focus') {var elem = document.getElementById(param[1]);if (elem) {elem.focus();}}}}})();</script>