Verse 16
Job 1:16
World English Bible, British Edition
16
While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The
fire of God (Elohim) has fallen from the sky, and has burnt up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and
I alone have escaped to tell you.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
ע֣וֹד זֶ֣ה מְדַבֵּ֗ר וְ/זֶה֮ בָּ֣א וַ/יֹּאמַר֒ אֵ֣שׁ אֱלֹהִ֗ים נָֽפְלָה֙ מִן הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם וַ/תִּבְעַ֥ר בַּ/צֹּ֛אן וּ/בַ/נְּעָרִ֖ים וַ/תֹּאכְלֵ֑/ם וָ/אִמָּ֨לְטָ֧/ה רַק אֲנִ֛י לְ/בַדִּ֖/י לְ/הַגִּ֥יד לָֽ/ךְ
English Translation
While this one is speaking, this one came and said, "The fire of God has fallen from heaven and consumed the sheep and the young men, and I alone have escaped to tell you."
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Chapter 1 Context
1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless
and upright, and one w...
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2
There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
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3
His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels,
five hundred yoke of oxen, fi...
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4
His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his birthday;
and they sent and called fo...
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5
It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, that
Job sent and sanctified them,...
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6
Now on the day when God (Elohim)’s sons came to present themselves before
the LORD,
Satan also came...
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7
The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”
Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, “From go...
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8
The LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant, Job? For
there is no one like him in the ea...
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9
Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, “Does Job fear God (Elohim) for
nothing?
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10
Haven’t you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around
all that he has, on every side...
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11
But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will
renounce you to your face.”
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12
The LORD said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don’t stretch out...
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13
It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking
wine in their oldest broth...
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14
that a messenger came to Job, and said, “The oxen were ploughing, and
the donkeys feeding beside the...
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15
and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed
the servants with the edge of th...
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16
While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The
fire of God (Elohim) has fallen from t...
17
While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The
Chaldeans made three bands, and swept...
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18
While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said,
“Your sons and your daughters were e...
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19
and behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck
the four corners of the house, a...
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20
Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell
down on the ground, and worshipped.
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21
He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked will I return
there. The LORD gave, and th...
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22
In all this, Job didn’t sin, nor charge God (Elohim) with wrongdoing.
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