Job 1:14

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

1 Samuel 4:17

The messenger answered, “Israel has fled from the Philistines, and also there was a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”

2 Samuel 15:13

Then an informer came to David and reported, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”

Jeremiah 51:31

Messenger races to meet messenger,
and herald to meet herald,
to announce to 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:

General references

Bible References

Messenger

1 Samuel 4:17
The messenger answered, “Israel has fled from the Philistines, and also there was a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
2 Samuel 15:13
Then an informer came to David and reported, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”
Jeremiah 51:31
Messenger races to meet messenger,
and herald to meet herald,
to announce to the king of Babylon
that his city has been captured
from end to end.

General references

Job 39:10
Can you hold the wild ox to a furrow by its harness?
Will it plow the valleys behind you?

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