Job 1:14
12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.
13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
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
And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
Read in contextJeremiah 51:31
One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,
Read in context2 Samuel 15:13
And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
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