Job 1
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Job 1:13-22

13And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house: 14And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys 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.1 17While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.2 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: 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.3 20Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,4 21And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: Yhwh gave, And Yhwh hath taken away; blessed be the name of Yhwh. 22In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.5

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Notes

  1. 1. Job 1:16 The fire…: or, A great fire. ↩
  2. 2. Job 1:17 fell: Heb. rushed. ↩
  3. 3. Job 1:19 from…: Heb. from aside, etc. ↩
  4. 4. Job 1:20 mantle: or, robe. ↩
  5. 5. Job 1:22 charged…: or, attributed folly to God. ↩

Commentaries on Job 1

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