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


In Context

11 The work of his hands Thou hast blessed, and his substance hath spread in the land, and yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike against anything that he hath — if not: to Thy face he doth bless Thee!'

12 And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Lo, all that he hath is in thy hand, only unto him put not forth thy hand.' And the Adversary goeth out from the presence of Jehovah.

13 And the day is, that his sons and his daughters are eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their brother, the first-born.

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

15 and Sheba doth fall, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, and I am escaped — only I alone — to declare it to thee.'

16 While this one is speaking another also hath come and saith, 'Fire of God hath fallen from the heavens, and burneth among the flock, and among the young men, and consumeth them, and I am escaped — only I alone — to declare it to thee.'

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 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 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: