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Job 1:14-16
New Catholic Bible
Job 1:14-16
New Catholic Bible
14 a messenger came to Job and said, “While your oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing beside them, 15 the Sabeans[a] swooped down on them and carried them off, after first putting the herdsmen to the sword. I alone have escaped to tell you.”
16 While he was speaking, another messenger arrived and said, “The fire of God[b] flashed from heaven, striking the sheep and their shepherds and consuming them. I alone have escaped to tell you.”
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- Job 1:15 Sabeans: nomadic raiders from northern Arabia.
- Job 1:16 Fire of God: that is, lightning (see Num 11:1; 1 Ki 18:38; 2 Ki 1:12).