[July 2006 journal entry]
Is ‘the day’ to which the ‘scrapheap’ Job refers the day of his conception? Peterson’s translation has “the night of my conception” (3:6). Or is it the day of his delivery (e.g., 3:7, 11)? The Hebrew wording suggests both. Does the ‘religious’ T/O paradigm lead to attributing stillbirths to the intentions and plans of ‘God’ (as 3:16 suggests)? Yes.
Is ‘the day’ to which the ‘scrapheap’ Job refers the day of his conception? Peterson’s translation has “the night of my conception” (3:6). Or is it the day of his delivery (e.g., 3:7, 11)? The Hebrew wording suggests both. Does the ‘religious’ T/O paradigm lead to attributing stillbirths to the intentions and plans of ‘God’ (as 3:16 suggests)? Yes.
