Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, 'The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides,
New American Standard Bible
a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the
King James Version
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
Holman Bible
a messenger came to Job and reported: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys grazing nearby,
International Standard Version
a messenger approached Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the female donkeys were grazing nearby
A Conservative Version
that there came a messenger to Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,
American Standard Version
that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;
Amplified
and a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were feeding beside them,
Bible in Basic English
And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side:
Darby Translation
And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them;
Julia Smith Translation
And a messenger came to Job; and he will say, The oxen were ploughing, and the he asses were feeding upon their hands.
King James 2000
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them:
Lexham Expanded Bible
And a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing, and the female donkeys were feeding {beside them}.
Modern King James verseion
And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
there came a messenger unto Job, and said, "While the oxen were a plowing, and the asses going in the pasture beside them,
NET Bible
and a messenger came to Job, saying, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing beside them,
New Heart English Bible
that there came a messenger to Job, and said, "The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,
The Emphasized Bible
And, a messenger, came in unto Job, and said, - The oxen, were plowing, and, the asses, feeding beside them;
Webster
And there came a messenger to Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
World English Bible
that there came a messenger to Job, and said, "The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,
Themes
Agriculture » General references to
Agriculture » Operations in » Plowing
Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Plowing
Job » A man who lived in uz » Trial of, by affliction of satan
Job » Suffered loss of property
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Ra`ah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 1:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Satan's First Test Of Job
13 And the day is, that his sons and his daughters are eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their brother, the first-born. 14 And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, 'The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides, 15 and Sheba doth fall, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare it to thee.'
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Cross References
1 Samuel 4:17
And he who is bearing tidings answereth and saith, 'Israel hath fled before the Philistines, and also a great slaughter hath been among the people, and also thy two sons have died -- Hophni and Phinehas -- and the ark of God hath been captured.'
2 Samuel 15:13
And he who is declaring tidings cometh in unto David, saying, 'The heart of the men of Israel hath been after Absalom.'
Jeremiah 51:31
Runner to meet runner doth run, And announcer to meet announcer, To announce to the king of Babylon, For, captured hath been his city -- at the extremity.