Job 1:13

וַיְהִי הַיּוֹם וּבָנָיו וּבְנֹתָיו אֹֽכְלִים וְשֹׁתִים יַיִן בְּבֵית אֲחִיהֶם הַבְּכֽוֹר ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

12וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל ־ הַשָּׂטָן הִנֵּה כָל ־ אֲשֶׁר ־ לוֹ בְּיָדֶךָ רַק אֵלָיו אַל ־ תִּשְׁלַח יָדֶךָ וַיֵּצֵא הַשָּׂטָן מֵעִם פְּנֵי יְהוָֽה ׃

14וּמַלְאָךְ בָּא אֶל ־ אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַר הַבָּקָר הָיוּ חֹֽרְשׁוֹת וְהָאֲתֹנוֹת רֹעוֹת עַל ־ יְדֵיהֶֽם ׃

Read all of Job 1

Cross References

Job 1:4וְהָלְכוּ בָנָיו וְעָשׂוּ מִשְׁתֶּה בֵּית אִישׁ יוֹמוֹ וְשָׁלְחוּ וְקָרְאוּ לִשְׁלֹשֶׁת אחיתיהם לֶאֱכֹל וְלִשְׁתּוֹת עִמָּהֶֽם ׃

Ecclesiastes 9:12כִּי גַּם לֹֽא ־ יֵדַע הָאָדָם אֶת ־ עִתּוֹ כַּדָּגִים שֶׁנֶּֽאֱחָזִים בִּמְצוֹדָה רָעָה וְכַצִּפֳּרִים הָאֲחֻזוֹת בַּפָּח כָּהֵם יֽוּקָשִׁים בְּנֵי הָֽאָדָם לְעֵת רָעָה כְּשֶׁתִּפּוֹל עֲלֵיהֶם פִּתְאֹֽם ׃

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Job 1:13