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


In Context

11 But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.|

12 Yahweh said to Satan, |Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don't put forth your hand.| So Satan went forth from the presence of Yahweh.

13 It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,

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

15 and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.|

16 While he was still speaking, there also came another, and said, |The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and I alone have 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:14a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,

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 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: