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Job 1:14
Job 1:14 is verse 14 of Job chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
King James Version
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
World English Bible
that a messenger came to Job, and said, “The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,
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Job 1:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible
12 “Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
13 One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
14 a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
15 the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
16 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Samuel 4:17The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
2 Samuel 15:13Then a messenger came to David and reported, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”
Jeremiah 51:31One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.