American Standard Version
Job 1:18
18While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house;
Job 1:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
- New International Version (NIV)While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, “Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house,
- English Standard Version (ESV)While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, "Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house,
- New King James Version (NKJV)While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
Context of Job 1:18
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. 17While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have taken them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house; 19and, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 20Then Job arose, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped;
Read all of Job 1Job 1:18 word by word
עַ֚ד זֶ֣ה מְדַבֵּ֔ר וְזֶ֖ה בָּ֣א וַיֹּאמַ֑ר בָּנֶ֨יךָ וּבְנוֹתֶ֤יךָ אֹֽכְלִים֙ וְשֹׁתִ֣ים יַ֔יִן בְּבֵ֖ית אֲחִיהֶ֥ם הַבְּכֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
- speakingדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
- cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
- eatingאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- drinkingשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
- wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
- brother’sאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
- houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
Cross-references for Job 1:18
- Job 6:2Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!
- Job 16:14He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.
- Job 19:9He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
- Job 23:2Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.
- Isaiah 28:19As often as it passeth through, it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass through, by day and by night: and it shall be nought but terror to understand the message.
- 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:
- Lamentations 1:12Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is brought upon me, Wherewith Jehovah hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
- Amos 4:6And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places; yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.
- Job 1:4And his sons went and held a feast in the house of each one upon his day; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
- Job 8:4If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression;
- Job 27:14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
- Psalms 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But Jehovah delivereth him out of them all.
- Ecclesiastes 9:2All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
- 2 Samuel 13:28And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now, when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine; and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon, then kill him; fear not; have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
Commentaries on Job 1:18
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Eating and drinking wine - ; the notes at Job 1:4, Job 1:13.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. 13-2213. wine--not specified in Job 1:4. The mirth inspired by the "wine" here contrasts the more sadly with the alarm which interrupted it.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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