Job 1:14

And, 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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

13And 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

15And the spoilers came and took them for a prey, 1 And slew the servants with the sword; 1 And I having escaped alone am come to tell thee. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 4:17And the young man answered and said, The men of Israel fled from the face of the Philistines, and there was a great slaughter among the people, and both thy sons are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

Job 39:10And wilt thou bind his yoke with thongs, 1 Or will he plow furrows for thee in the plain? 1

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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