Job 1:14
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
Job 1:14 in other translations
| BSB | a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby, |
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| WEB | that a messenger came to Job, and said, “The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them, |
| ASV | that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them; |
| YLT | And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, ‘The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides, |
| DARBY | And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them; |
| BBE | And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side: |
| Webster | And there came a messenger to Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: |
What does Job 1:14 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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…
Job 1:14 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 1:14
- 1 Samuel 4:17
And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
- Jeremiah 51:31
One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,
- 2 Samuel 15:13
And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
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Context
- 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:
- Job 1:15
And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job 1:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y vino un mensajero á Job, que le dijo: Estando arando los bueyes, y las asnas paciendo cerca de ellos, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et un messager vint à Job et dit: Les bœufs labouraient et les ânesses paissaient auprès d’eux, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | da kam ein Bote zu Hiob und sprach: Die Rinder pflügten, und die Eselinnen weideten neben ihnen, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | nuntius venit ad Job, qui diceret: Boves arabant, et asinæ pascebantur juxta eos: |