14 and there came a messenger to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them, 15 and (A)the Sabeans fell upon them and took them and struck down the servants[a] with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” 16 While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, (B)“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.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:15 Hebrew the young men; also verses 16, 17

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