Parallel Verses
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,
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 children were having a feast at the home of their oldest brother,
14 a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the
Names
Cross References
1 Samuel 4:17
The messenger answered: Israel ran away from the Philistines. It was a great slaughter and a terrible defeat for us! Besides that, your sons Hophni and Phinehas were killed, and God's Ark of the Covenant was captured!
2 Samuel 15:13
A messenger told David: Absalom has the hearts of the people of Israel.
Jeremiah 51:31
Runners run to meet runners. Messengers follow messengers. They inform the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured.