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14 a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the [a]donkeys feeding beside them, 15 and [b]the (A)Sabeans fell upon them and took them. They also struck down the young men with the edge of the sword, and [c]I alone have escaped to tell you.” 16 While this one was still speaking, another also came and said, “(B)The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the young men and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:14 Lit female donkeys
  2. Job 1:15 Lit Sheba
  3. Job 1:15 Lit only I alone, so in vv 16, 17, 19