Job 1:14
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
In context
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,
14 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!”
Job 1:14 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
- KJV King James Version
- And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
- WEB World English Bible
- that a messenger came 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,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them;
- WBS Webster Bible
- And there came a messenger to Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: