Job 1:14

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,”

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BSBPD

“a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, `The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 1:14 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 4:17The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
  2. 2 Samuel 15:13Then a messenger came to David and reported, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”
  3. Job 39:10Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
  4. Jeremiah 51:31One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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