1:13 Now the day ²  came when Job’s ³  sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, 1:14 and a messenger came to Job, saying, “The oxen were plowing ⁴  and the donkeys were grazing beside them, 1:15 and the Sabeans ⁵  swooped down ⁶  and carried them all away, and they killed ⁷  the servants with the sword! ⁸  And I – only I alone ⁹  – escaped to tell you!”

1:16 While this one was still speaking, ¹⁰  another messenger arrived ¹¹  and said, “The fire of God ¹²  has fallen from heaven ¹³  and has burned up the sheep and the servants – it has consumed them! And I – only I alone – escaped to tell you!”

1:17 While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said, “The Chaldeans ¹⁴  formed three bands and made a raid ¹⁵  on the camels and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! ¹⁶  And I – only I alone – escaped to tell you!”