Job 1:15
World English Bible (WEB)
and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
In context
13 It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
14 that a messenger came to Job, and said, “The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,
15 and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
16 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
17 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
Job 1:15 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and Sheba doth fall, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, and I am escaped — only I alone — to declare [it] to thee.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- and [they of] Sheba fell [upon them] and took them, and the servants have they smitten with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the Sabeans fell upon them , and took them away; yes, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only have escaped alone to tell thee.