Job 1:14

There came a messenger to Job, and said: The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:

In Context

13Now upon a certain day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their eldest brother,

15And the Sabeans rushed in, and took all away, and slew the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell thee.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 4:17And he that brought the news answered, and said: Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter of the people: moreover thy two sons, Ophni and Phinees, are dead: and the ark of God is taken.

Job 39:10Canst thou bind the rhinoceros with thy thong to plough, or will he break the clods of the valleys after thee?

Matthew Henry on Job 1:14-20

The Calamities Brought on Job; The Death of Job's Children. ( b. c. 1520.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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