Job 1:13

The day came when while Job's sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,

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And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:

In Context

12The Lord told Satan, “Very well, you have the power to do whatever you want to everything he has, but don't hurt him physically.” Then Satan left the Lord's presence.

14a messenger came to Job and told him, “As the oxen were plowing and female donkeys were grazing nearby,

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Cross References

Job 1:4Job's sons used to take turns holding feasts in their homes on their specific day, also inviting their sisters to come and eat and drink with them.

Ecclesiastes 9:12You can't predict when your end will come. Just like fish caught in a net, or birds caught in a trap, so people are suddenly caught by death when they least expect it.

Luke 17:27People went on eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until the day Noah went into the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

Matthew Henry on Job 1:7-13

Satan before God; Satan Permitted to Afflict Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord , and Satan came also among them. 7 And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord , and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 8 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and… Read the whole commentary →

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