Job 1:14
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:In other versions
that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;
ASV
And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side:
BBE
And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them;
DBY
that there came a messenger to Job, and said, "The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,
WEB
And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, `The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides,
YLT
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
ENG
And there came a messenger to Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
WBT
a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
BSB
In context
12And 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.
13And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
14And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
15And 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.
16While 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.
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