Job 1:14
What does Job 1:14 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 1:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;
KJV
King James Version · 1611And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, `The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752There came a messenger to Job, and said: The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them;
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 4:17
And he that brought the tidings 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 show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:
- 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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