JOB 1:14

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:”

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Job 1:14 Translation & Meaning

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And there came בָּ֥א To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) came
a messenger וּמַלְאָ֛ךְ A messenger; specifically, of God, i.e., an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher) messenger
unto אֶל Near, with or among; often in general, to unto
Job, אִיּ֖וֹב Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience Job
and said, וַיֹּאמַ֑ר To say (used with great latitude) said
The oxen הַבָּקָר֙ A beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd oxen
were הָי֣וּ To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) were
plowing, חֹֽרְשׁ֔וֹת To scratch, i.e., (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness) plowing
and the asses וְהָֽאֲתֹנ֖וֹת A female donkey (from its docility) asses
feeding רֹע֥וֹת To tend a flock; i.e., pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend) feeding
beside יְדֵיהֶֽם׃ A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] beside
them: עַל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications them

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  • 12  And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.

  • 13  And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

  • 14  And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:

  • 15  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.

  • 16  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.




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