Job 1:14-16

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁴ A messenger came to Job and said, “We were plowing the fields with the oxen and the donkeys were eating grass nearby, ¹⁵ when some Sabeans^[a] attacked us and took your animals! They killed the other servants. I am the only one who escaped to come and tell you the news!”

¹⁶ That messenger was still speaking when another one came in and said, “A bolt of lightning^[b] struck your sheep and servants and burned them up. I am the only one who escaped to come and tell you the news!”