Job 1:14
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,
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!”
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.
Compare
- BSB
- a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
- KJV
- And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
- WEB
- that a messenger came to Job, and said, “The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,
- ASV
- that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;
- DARBY
- And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them;
- BLB
- And a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing at their sides,
- ÅB
- da kom det et bud til Job og sa: Oksene pløyde, og eselhoppene beitet tett ved;
- OTB
- kom en budbringer og rapporterte til Job: "Oksene pløyde og eslene beitet i nærheten,
- B1930
- da kom det et bud til Job og sa: Oksene pløide, og aseninnene beitet tett ved;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 4:17
The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
Read in contextJeremiah 51:31
One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.
Read in context2 Samuel 15:13
Then a messenger came to David and reported, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”
Read in context