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The Book of Job, Chapter 1, Verse 14

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And there was a day when his sons and his daughters [were] eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
King James Version
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
American Standard Version
that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;
New English Translation
and a messenger came to Job, saying,“The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing beside them,
World English Bible
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 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.
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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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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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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:
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And, 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.
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Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
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And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
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In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
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Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.
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And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.