Job 1:18

Parents and children Grief Suffering

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.

¹⁷ While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

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:

¹⁹ And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

²⁰ Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

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: 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;

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Cross references

Job 1:4
And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
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Job 1:13
And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
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Psalms 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
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Lamentations 1:12
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
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Job 19:9–10
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
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Job 23:2
Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
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Job 8:4
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
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Job 27:14
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
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