American Standard Version
Job 1:14
14that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;
Job 1:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
- New International Version (NIV)a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
- English Standard Version (ESV)and there came a messenger to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,
- New King James Version (NKJV)and a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,
Context of Job 1:14
12And Jehovah said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah. 13And it fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house, that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them; 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. 16While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Read all of Job 1Job 1:14 word by word
וּמַלְאָ֛ךְ בָּ֥א אֶל־אִיּ֖וֹב וַיֹּאמַ֑ר הַבָּקָר֙ הָי֣וּ חֹֽרְשׁ֔וֹת וְהָאֲתֹנ֖וֹת רֹע֥וֹת עַל־יְדֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 1:14
- 1 Samuel 4:17And 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.
- 2 Samuel 15:13And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
- Jeremiah 51:31One 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:
Commentaries on Job 1:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14The asses feeding beside them - אתנות athonoth, the she-asses, which appear to have been more domesticated, as of more worth and use than the others, both for their milk and their work.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14And there came a messenger unto Job - Hebrew מלאך mal'âk the word usually rendered “angel,” appropriately rendered “messenger” here. The word properly means “one who is sent.” The oxen were plowing - Hebrew “the cattle” (בקר bâqâr ) including not merely “oxen,” but probably also “cows;” see the notes at Job 1:3. And the asses - Hebrew אתון 'âthôn “she-asses.” The “sex” is here expressly mentioned and Dr. Good maintains that it should be in the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-19Verses 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-19These attacks took away the blessings listed in 1:2–3. Job was left with four messengers who came to report terrible news and a wife who gave poor advice. The phrase "While he was still speaking" emphasizes the repeated nature of the attacks (see Jeremiah 51:31). The phrase "I alone have escaped to tell you" emphasizes the complete destruction of Job’s resources.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. the asses feeding beside them--Hebrew, "she asses." A graphic picture of rural repose and peace; the more dreadful, therefore, by contrast is the sudden attack of the plundering Arabs.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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