Job 1:14

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 4:17 : 17 He who brought the news answered, "Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured."
  • 2 Sam 15:13 : 13 A messenger came to David, saying, "The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom."
  • Jer 51:31 : 31 One runner will run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:

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

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    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."

    17 While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, "The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you."

    18 While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, "Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,

    19 and behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you."

    20 Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.

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    12 So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.

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    4 His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his birthday; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

    5 It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, "It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts." Job did so continually.

    6 Now it happened on the day when God's sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, that Satan also came among them.

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    71%

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    1 Then Job answered,

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    8 Now therefore, take to yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept him, that I not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has."

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    27 He spoke to his sons, saying, "Saddle the donkey for me." They saddled it.

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    1 Then Job answered,

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    24 The oxen likewise and the young donkeys that till the ground will eat savory provender, which has been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork.

  • Job 9:1
    70%

    1 Then Job answered,

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    1 Then Job answered,

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    1 Job again took up his parable, and said,

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    3 The donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. Kish said to Saul his son, "Take now one of the servants with you, and arise, go seek the donkeys."

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    1 Job again took up his parable, and said,

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    20 Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the feet of the ox and the donkey.

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    7 When he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently with great attentiveness."

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    13 He said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled the donkey for him; and he rode on it.

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    68%

    23 The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the donkey turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the way.

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    18 How the animals groan! The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

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    5 Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?

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    5 Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children.

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