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Job 1:13

11 But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

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.

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!”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
KJV
And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
WEB
It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
ASV
And it fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother`s house,
DARBY
And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn.
BLB
And there came to be a day when his sons and his daughters [were] eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn.
ÅB
Så hendte det en dag mens hans sønner og døtre spiste og drakk vin i den eldste brors hus,
OTB
En dag, mens Jobs sønner og døtre spiste og drakk vin i deres eldste brors hus,
B1930
Så hendte det en dag mens hans sønner og døtre åt og drakk vin i den eldste brors hus,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 27:1

    Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

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  • Luke 21:34

    But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.

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  • Ecclesiastes 9:12

    For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.

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  • Luke 17:27–29

    People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

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  • Luke 12:19–20

    Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

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  • Job 1:4

    Job’s sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

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