Parallel Verses
King James Version
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
New American Standard Bible
a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the
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,
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 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: 14 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: 15 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.
Names
Cross References
1 Samuel 4:17
And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
2 Samuel 15:13
And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
Jeremiah 51:31
One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,