Job 1:16

Yet was this one speaking, when, another, came in and said,—A fire of God, fell out of the heavens, and burned up the sheep and the young men, and consumed them; and escaped am, only I alone, to tell thee.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

In Context

15when the Sabeans swooped down, and took them, and, the young men, smote they with the edge of the sword,—and escaped am, only I alone, too tell thee.

17Yet was this one speaking, when, another, came in and said, The Chaldeans, appointed three chiefs, and spread out against the camels, and took them, and, the young men, smote they with the edge of the sword; and escaped am, only I alone, to tell thee.

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Cross References

Exodus 9:28Make ye request unto Yahweh, and it shall be enough without there being any more thunderings of God, and hail,—and I must a let you go, and not again shall ye delay.

Leviticus 10:2Then came there forth fire from before Yahweh, and consumed them,—and they died before Yahweh.

1 Samuel 14:15And there came to be a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people, the outposts and the spoilers, they too, trembled,—and the earth quaked, so it became a preternatural trembling.

2 Kings 1:10And Elijah responded and said unto the captain of fifty, If, then, a man of God, I am, let fire come down out of the heavens, and devour thee and thy fifty. So there came down fire out of the heavens, and devoured him and his fifty.

2 Kings 1:14Lo! there hath come down fire out of the heavens, and devoured the captains of the former fifties, with their fifties,—now, therefore, let my life be precious in thine eyes.

Amos 7:4Here, My Lord, Yahweh gave me to see, and lo! My Lord Yahweh proclaiming that, the controversy should be settled by fire,—which, having devoured the mighty roaring deep, should devour the inheritance.

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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