Job 1 · Verse 13

Job 1:13

And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
Job 1:13, King James Version

Job 1:13 in other translations

BSBOne day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
WEBIt fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
ASVAnd it fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house,
YLTAnd the day is, that his sons and his daughters are eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their brother, the first-born.
DARBYAnd there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn.
BBEAnd there was a day when his sons and daughters were feasting in the house of their oldest brother,
WebsterAnd there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

What does Job 1:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Job 1:13-22. Job, in Affliction, Blesses God, &c.

13. wine--not specified in Job 1:4. The mirth inspired by the "wine" here contrasts the more sadly with the alarm which interrupted it.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 There was a day - The first day of the week, says the Targum. It no doubt refers to one of those birthday festivals mentioned before.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 1:13-19
Satan brought Job's troubles upon him on the day that his children began their course of feasting. The troubles all came upon Job at once; while one messenger of evil tidings was speaking, another followed. His dearest and most valuable possessions were his ten children; news is brought him that they are killed. They were taken away when he had most need of them to comfort him under other losses. In God only have we a help present at all times. (Job 1:20-22)

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Job 1:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְהִ֖יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
הַיּ֑וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117
וּבָנָ֨יוu.va.Navand sons hisH1121
וּבְנֹתָ֤יוu.ve.no.Tavand daughters hisH1323
אֹֽכְלִים֙'o.khe.Lim[were] eatingH398
וְשֹׁתִ֣יםve.sho.Timand drinkingH8354
יַ֔יִןYa.yinwineH3196
בְּבֵ֖יתbe.Veitin [the] house ofH1004
אֲחִיהֶ֥ם'a.chi.Hembrother theirH251
הַבְּכֽוֹר\׃ha.be.Khorthe firstbornH1060

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 1:13

  • Proverbs 27:1

    Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

  • Luke 21:34

    And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:12

    For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

  • Luke 17:27-29

    They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

  • Luke 12:19-20

    And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

  • Job 1:4

    And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
when.
4; Pr 27:1; Ec 9:12; Lu 12:19,20; 17:27-29; 21:34

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 1:12

    And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.

  • Job 1:13

    And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:

  • Job 1:14

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

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Job 1:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y un día aconteció que sus hijos é hijas comían y bebían vino en casa de su hermano el primogénito,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et, un jour, il arriva que ses fils et ses filles mangeaient et buvaient du vin dans la maison de leur frère premier-né;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es geschah eines Tages, als seine Söhne und seine Töchter im Hause ihres erstgeborenen Bruders aßen und Wein tranken,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cum autem quadam die filii et filiæ ejus comederent et biberent vinum in domo fratris sui primogeniti,