World English Bible
Job 1:13
“It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,”
Verse in context — Job 1
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But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.
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Yahweh said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don't put forth your hand." So Satan went forth from the presence of Yahweh.
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It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,
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that there came a messenger to Job, and said, "The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,
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and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.
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