Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,

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,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

מלאך 
Mal'ak 
Usage: 213

איּוב 
'Iyowb 
Job
Usage: 17

and said

Usage: 0

בּקר 
Baqar 
Usage: 183

חרשׁ 
Charash 
Usage: 74

and the asses
אתון 
'athown 
ass
Usage: 34

יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

References

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 donkeys feeding beside them, 15 Suddenly the Sabeans attacked and stole them all. They killed every one of your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.

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.

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