Job 1:13

And it came to pass on a certain day, 1 That Job’s sons and his daughters 1 Were drinking wine in the house of their elder brother. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12Then the Lord said to the devil, 1 Behold, I give into thy hand all that he has, 1 But touch not him. 1 So the devil went out from the presence of the Lord. 1

14And, behold, there came a messenger to Job, and said to him, 1 The yokes of oxen were plowing, 1 And the she-asses were feeding near them; 1

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Cross References

Job 1:4And his sons visiting one another 1 Prepared a banquet every day, 1 Taking with them also their three sisters 1 To eat and drink with them. 1

Ecclesiastes 9:12For surely man also knows not his time: 1 As fish that are taken in an evil net, 1 And as birds that are caught in a snare; 1 Even thus the sons of men are snared at an evil time, 1 When it falls suddenly upon them. 1

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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