Job 1:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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:”
Job 1:18 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Job 1:18 in 6 Bible Translations
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Job 1:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,”
Job 1:18 — World English Bible
Job 1:18 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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;”
Job 1:18 — American Standard Version
Job 1:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“While this <FI>one<Fi> is speaking another also hath come and saith, `Thy sons and thy daughters are eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their brother, the first-born.”
Job 1:18 — Young's Literal Translation
Job 1:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn;”
Job 1:18 — Darby Translation
Job 1:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And whiles he was yet speaking, came an other, and sayd, Thy sonnes, and thy daughters were eating, and drinking wine in their eldest brothers house,”
Job 1:18 — Geneva Bible
Job 1:18 in Context — Job 1
16 Aun estaba éste hablando, y vino otro que dijo: Fuego de Dios cayó del cielo, que quemó las ovejas y los mozos, y los consumió: solamente escapé yo solo para traerte las nuevas.
17 Todavía estaba éste hablando, y vino otro que dijo: Los Caldeos hicieron tres escuadrones, y dieron sobre los camellos, y tomáronlos, é hirieron á los mozos á filo de espada; y solamente escapé yo solo para traerte las nuevas.
18 Entre tanto que éste hablaba, vino otro que dijo: Tus hijos y tus hijas estaban comiendo y bebiendo vino en casa de su hermano el primogénito;
19 Y he aquí un gran viento que vino del lado del desierto, é hirió las cuatro esquinas de la casa, y cayó sobre los mozos, y murieron; y solamente escapé yo solo para traerte las nuevas.
20 Entonces Job se levantó, y rasgó su manto, y trasquiló su cabeza, y cayendo en tierra adoró;
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What Does Job 1:18 Mean?
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