KJV King James Version
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
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Job 1:14
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
WEB World English Bible
that there came a messenger to Job, and said, “The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,
ASV American Standard Version
that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, ‘The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides,
Surrounding context — Job 1
11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
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:
14 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.
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.
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וּמַלְאָ֛ךְH4397 · ma.le.akhmessengerבָּ֥אH935 · boto come (in): comeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אִיּ֖וֹבH347 · iy.yovJobוַיֹּאמַ֑רH559 · a.marto sayהַבָּקָר֙H1241 · ba.qarcattleהָי֣וּH1961 · ha.yahto beחֹֽרְשׁ֔וֹתH2790 · cha.rashto plow/plotוְהָאֲתֹנ֖וֹתH860 · a.tonshe-assרֹע֥וֹתH7462 · bet-e.qed ha.ro.imHouse of Shepherdsעַל־H5921 · aluponיְדֵיהֶֽם׃H3027 · yadhand
Cross-references
Jeremiah 51:31One 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,1 Samuel 4:17And 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.2 Samuel 15:13And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
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