Job 1:16 KJV
Job · chapter 1 · verse 16 · King James Version
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.Job 1:16 · King James Version
Job 1:16 in context
14And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
15And 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.
16While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
17While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
18While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
Key words (Strong's)
- speakingdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- servantsnaʻara boy , from the age of infancy to adolescenceH5288 →
- consumedʼâkalto eatH398 →
- fallennâphalto fall, in a great variety of applicationsH5307 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- sheeptsôʼna collective name for a flockH6629 →
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