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 · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And 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 · 1862

And 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) · 1752

There came a messenger to Job, and said: The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them;

Context

v.13And it fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house,

v.14This passage

v.15and 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.

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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