Job 1:14

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Job 1:14

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,

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KJV

King James Version

And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:

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WEB

World English Bible

that a messenger came to Job, and said, “The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,

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ASV

American Standard Version

that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Job 1

¹² “Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.

¹³ One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

¹⁴ a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,

¹⁵ the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

¹⁶ While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

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