Messengers Speak of the Fire of God

¹³ Now it happened that on the day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn, 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.” ¹⁷ While this one was still speaking, another also came and said, “The ^(C)Chaldeans set up three companies and made a raid on the camels and took them and struck down the young men with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” ¹⁸ While this one was still speaking, another also came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn, ¹⁹ and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and touched the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”