Job 1:14

that a messenger came to Job, and said, “The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,

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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

13It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

15and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

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Cross References

1 Samuel 4:17He who brought the news answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and God’s ark has been captured.”

Job 39:10Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?

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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