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.”

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Footnotes

1Lit Sheba
2Lit only I alone, so in vv 16, 17, 19

Cross references

a Gen 10:7; Job 6:19

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and the Sabeans fell upon them and took them and struck down the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and the Sabeans attacked and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

NLTNew Living Translation

when the Sabeans raided us. They stole all the animals and killed all the farmhands. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then the Sabeans attacked, and they took them, and they slew the servants by the edge of the sword. But I escaped, even I alone, to tell you.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

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