Job 1:13-19

Modern English Version

¹³ So a day came when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house, ¹⁴ and a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys were feeding beside them, ¹⁵ and the Sabeans attacked them, and took them away, and they killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and only I alone have escaped to tell you.”

¹⁶ While he was still speaking, another 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.”

¹⁷ While he was still speaking, another came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three companies and made a raid on the camels and have taken them away. They killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

¹⁸ While he was still speaking, another came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house, ¹⁹ and suddenly a great wind came from 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.”