He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported: “A lightning storm struck from heaven. It burned up the sheep and the servants and devoured them, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

That messenger was still speaking when yet another came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, made a raid on the camels, and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house.

Yet another person dies with a bitter soul,
having never tasted prosperity.

let my own wife grind grain for another man,
and let other men sleep with her.

Your wickedness affects a person like yourself,
and your righteousness another human being.

One scale is so close to another
that no air can pass between them.

They are joined to one another,
so closely connected they cannot be separated.