Job 1:16-18

Good News Translation

¹⁶ Before he had finished speaking, another servant came and said, “Lightning struck the sheep and the shepherds and killed them all. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”

¹⁷ Before he had finished speaking, another servant came and said, “Three bands of Chaldean^[a] raiders attacked us, took away the camels, and killed all your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”

¹⁸ Before he had finished speaking, another servant came and said, “Your children were having a feast at the home of your oldest son,