Job 1:19

וְהִנֵּה רוּחַ גְּדוֹלָה בָּאָה ׀ מֵעֵבֶר הַמִּדְבָּר וַיִּגַּע בְּאַרְבַּע פִּנּוֹת הַבַּיִת וַיִּפֹּל עַל ־ הַנְּעָרִים וַיָּמוּתוּ וָאִמָּלְטָה רַק ־ אֲנִי לְבַדִּי לְהַגִּיד לָֽךְ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

In Context

18עַד זֶה מְדַבֵּר וְזֶה בָּא וַיֹּאמַר בָּנֶיךָ וּבְנוֹתֶיךָ אֹֽכְלִים וְשֹׁתִים יַיִן בְּבֵית אֲחִיהֶם הַבְּכֽוֹר ׃

20וַיָּקָם אִיּוֹב וַיִּקְרַע אֶת ־ מְעִלוֹ וַיָּגָז אֶת ־ רֹאשׁוֹ וַיִּפֹּל אַרְצָה וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 42:36וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם יַעֲקֹב אֲבִיהֶם אֹתִי שִׁכַּלְתֶּם יוֹסֵף אֵינֶנּוּ וְשִׁמְעוֹן אֵינֶנּוּ וְאֶת ־ בִּנְיָמִן תִּקָּחוּ עָלַי הָיוּ כֻלָּֽנָה ׃

Jeremiah 4:11בָּעֵת הַהִיא יֵאָמֵר לָֽעָם ־ הַזֶּה וְלִירוּשָׁלִַם רוּחַ צַח שְׁפָיִים בַּמִּדְבָּר דֶּרֶךְ בַּת ־ עַמִּי לוֹא לִזְרוֹת וְלוֹא לְהָבַֽר ׃

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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