TheWay BibleJob 1:18 KJV
Job · chapter 1 · verse 18
While 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:Job 1:18 · King James Version
Job 1:18 in context
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:
19And, 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.
20Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- daughtersbatha daughterH1323 →
- brother'sʼâcha brother )H251 →
- speakingdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- drinkingshâthâhto imbibeH8354 →
- eatingʼâkalto eatH398 →
- eldestbᵉkôwrfirstbornH1060 →
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We have here a particular account of Job's troubles. I. Satan brought them upon him on the very day that his children began their course of feasting, at their eldest brother's house (Job 1:13), where, he having (we may suppose) the double portion, the entertainment was the richest and most plentiful.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-19