Job 1:15 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Job 1:15 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Job 1:15 in 6 Bible Translations
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Job 1:15 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.””
Job 1:15 — World English Bible
Job 1:15 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Job 1:15 — American Standard Version
Job 1:15 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and Sheba doth fall, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, and I am escaped--only I alone--to declare <FI>it<Fi> to thee.'”
Job 1:15 — Young's Literal Translation
Job 1:15 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“and [they of] Sheba fell [upon them] and took them, and the servants have they smitten with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee. ”
Job 1:15 — Darby Translation
Job 1:15 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the Shabeans came violently, and tooke them: yea, they haue slayne the seruants with the edge of the sworde: but I onely am escaped alone to tell thee.”
Job 1:15 — Geneva Bible
Job 1:15 in Context — Job 1
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.
17 While 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.
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