While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.

While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels and took them, and the servants have they smitten with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.

While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn;

Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another: my reins are consumed within me.

And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath not tasted good:

Let me sow, and another eat; and let mine offspring be rooted out.

Let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.

One is so near to another that no air can come between them;