Job 1:18

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 Living Translation (NLT)While he was still speaking, another messenger arrived with this news: “Your sons and daughters were feasting in their oldest brother’s home.

Context of Job 1:18

16While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I alone have escaped to tell you!” 17While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels and took them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you!” 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, 19and suddenly a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they are dead; and I alone have escaped to tell you!” 20Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped.

Job 1:18 word by word

עַ֚ד זֶ֣ה מְדַבֵּ֔ר וְזֶ֖ה בָּ֣א וַיֹּאמַ֑ר בָּנֶ֨יךָ וּבְנוֹתֶ֤יךָ אֹֽכְלִים֙ וְשֹׁתִ֣ים יַ֔יִן בְּבֵ֖ית אֲחִיהֶ֥ם הַבְּכֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• yet speakingדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• there cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• also another, and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Thy sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and thy daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• eatingאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• and drinkingשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
• in their eldestבְּכוֹרbekôr · firstbornH1060
• brother’sאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004

Cross-references for Job 1:18

• Job 6:2“Oh, that my grief were fully weighed, And my calamity laid with it on the scales!
• Job 16:14He breaks me with wound upon wound; He runs at me like a warrior.
• Job 19:9He has stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
• Job 23:2“Even today my complaint is bitter; My hand is listless because of my groaning.
• Isaiah 28:19As often as it goes out it will take you; For morning by morning it will pass over, And by day and by night; It will be a terror just to understand the report.”
• Jeremiah 51:31One runner will run to meet another, And one messenger to meet another, To show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on all sides;
• Lamentations 1:12“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Behold and see If there is any sorrow like my sorrow, Which has been brought on me, Which the Lord has inflicted In the day of His fierce anger.
• Amos 4:6“Also I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, And lack of bread in all your places; Yet you have not returned to Me,” Says the Lord.
• Job 1:4And his sons would go and feast in their houses, each on his appointed day, and would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
• Job 8:4If your sons have sinned against Him, He has cast them away for their transgression.
• Job 27:14If his children are 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 the Lord delivers him out of them all.
• Ecclesiastes 9:2All things come alike to all: One event happens to the righteous and the wicked; To the good, the clean, and the unclean; To him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; He who takes an oath as he who fears an oath.
• 2 Samuel 13:28Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, “Watch now, when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon!’ then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and 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

Topics related to Job 1:18

• Bereavement
• Job
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena
• Resignation
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

• Birthday
• Charge
• Consider
• Eschew
• Feast
• Naked
• Naught
• Present
• Substance
• Upright

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