Job 1:13-19

Expanded Bible

¹³ One day Job’s sons and daughters were ·eating and drinking wine [feasting; celebrating] together at the ·oldest [^Lfirstborn] brother’s house. ¹⁴ A messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were eating grass nearby, ¹⁵ when the Sabeans [^Ca people from southern Arabia] attacked and carried them away. They killed the servants with swords, and I am the only one who escaped to tell you!”

¹⁶ The messenger was still speaking when another messenger arrived and said, “·Lightning [^LFire] from God fell from ·the sky [heaven]. It burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only one who escaped to tell you!”

¹⁷ The second messenger was still speaking when another messenger arrived and said, “The ·Babylonians [^LChaldeans; ^Ca people located in present-day southern Iraq] sent three ·groups of attackers [raiding parties] that swept down and stole your camels and killed the servants [^Lwith the sword]. I am the only one who escaped to tell you!”

¹⁸ The third messenger was still speaking when another messenger arrived and said, “Your sons and daughters were ·eating and drinking wine [feasting; celebrating] together at the ·oldest [^Lfirstborn] brother’s house. ¹⁹ Suddenly a ·great [strong; mighty] wind came from the desert, hitting all four corners of the house at once. The house fell in on the young people, and they are all dead. I am the only one who escaped to tell you!”