Job 1:18
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!”
17 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
19 when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
20 Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
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
- While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
- KJV
- While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
- WEB
- While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
- ASV
- While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother`s house;
- DARBY
- While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn;
- BLB
- Still this one was speaking, when this one came and said, “Your sons and daughters [were] eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn,
- ÅB
- Mens han enda talte, kom en annen og sa: Dine sønner og døtre spiste og drakk vin i den eldste brors hus;
- OTB
- Mens han ennå talte, kom enda en budbringer og sa: "Dine sønner og døtre spiste og drakk vin i deres eldste brors hus,
- B1930
- Mens han ennu talte, kom en annen og sa: Dine sønner og døtre åt og drakk vin i den eldste brors hus;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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.
Read in contextJob 1:13
One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
Read in contextPsalms 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
Read in contextLamentations 1:12
Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?
Read in contextJob 19:9–10
He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.
Read in contextJob 23:2
“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
Read in contextJob 8:4
When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
Read in contextJob 27:14
Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.
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