14a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,


In Context

11 But stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face."

12 The Lord said to Satan, "Very well, then, everything he has is in your hands, but on the man himself do not lay a finger." Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord .

13 One day when Job's sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother's house,

14 a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,

15 and the Sabeans attacked and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!"

16 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, "The fire of God fell from the sky and burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!"

Job 1:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:14And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:14And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:14There came a messenger to Job, and said: The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:14that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:14that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:14And there came a messenger to Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:14that there came a messenger to Job, and said, |The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:14And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, 'The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:14And there came a messenger to Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: