Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
a messenger came to Job and reported: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys grazing nearby,
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:
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,
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,
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
Interlinear
Baqar
Charash
Ra`ah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 1:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Satan's First Test Of Job
13
One day when Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
14 a messenger came to Job and reported: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys grazing nearby,
15
the Sabeans
Names
Cross References
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
and herald to meet herald,
to announce to the king of Babylon
that his city has been captured
from end to end.