Job 1:14

and a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were feeding beside them,

1 Samuel 4:17

The messenger replied, “Israel has fled before the Philistines and there has also been a great slaughter among the people. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been taken.”

2 Samuel 15:13

Then a messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”

Jeremiah 51:31


One courier runs to meet another,
And one messenger to meet another,
To tell the king of Babylon
That his city has been captured from end to end;

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Summary

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

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Bible References

Messenger

1 Samuel 4:17
The messenger replied, “Israel has fled before the Philistines and there has also been a great slaughter among the people. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been taken.”
2 Samuel 15:13
Then a messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”
Jeremiah 51:31

One courier runs to meet another,
And one messenger to meet another,
To tell the king of Babylon
That his city has been captured from end to end;

General references

Job 39:10

“Can you bind the wild ox with a harness [to the plow] in the furrow?
Or will he plow the valleys for you?