And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

For, to the foolish man, death is caused by vexation, and, the simple one, is slain by jealousy.

that his children were without prosperity or health; that they were slain in the door, and no man to deliver them;

“My face is red and swollen with weeping,
And on my eyelids is the shadow of death [my eyes are dimmed],

"The whole city crieth unto the LORD with sighing, the souls of the slain make their complaint: But God destroyeth them not for all this,

"The giants and worthies that are slain, and lie under the world with their companions;

In the twinkling of an eye shall they be slain: and at midnight, when the people and the tyrants rage, then shall they perish, and be taken away without hands.

Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.