¹⁹when suddenly a mighty wind^p swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead,^q and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!^r”

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Cross references

p Ps 11:6; Isa 5:28; 21:1; Jer 4:11; 13:24; 18:17; Eze 17:10; Hos 13:15; Mt 7:25
q Job 16:7; 19:13–15
r Eze 24:26

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and behold, a great wind came across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young people, and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Suddenly a powerful wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people so that they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

NLTNew Living Translation

Suddenly, a powerful wind swept in from the wilderness and hit the house on all sides. The house collapsed, and all your children are dead. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And behold, a great wind came from across the desert, and it struck the four corners of the house so that it fell upon the young people, and they died. But I escaped, even I alone, to tell you.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

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