Job 1:13–22

Messengers Speak of the Fire of God

¹³Now it happened that on the day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn,

¹⁴a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the ¹donkeys feeding beside them,

¹⁵and ¹the ^aSabeans fell upon them and took them. They also struck down the young men with the edge of the sword, and ²I alone have escaped to tell you.”

¹⁶While this one was still speaking, another also came and said, “^aThe fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the young men and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

¹⁷While this one was still speaking, another also came and said, “The ^aChaldeans set up three companies and made a raid on the camels and took them and struck down the young men with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

¹⁸While this one was still speaking, another also came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn,

¹⁹and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and touched the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

²⁰Then Job arose and ^atore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped.

²¹And he said,

“^aNaked I came from my mother’s womb,

And naked I shall return there.

^bYahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away.

Blessed be the name of Yahweh.”

^22aThrough all this Job did not sin, nor did he give offense to God.