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
Read Job 1:18 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
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 Il parlait encore, lorsqu’un autre vint et dit: Le feu de Dieu est tombé du ciel, a embrasé les brebis et les serviteurs, et les a consumés. Et je me suis échappé moi seul, pour t’en apporter la nouvelle.
17 Il parlait encore, lorsqu’un autre vint et dit: Des Chaldéens, formés en trois bandes, se sont jetés sur les chameaux, les ont enlevés, et ont passé les serviteurs au fil de l’épée. Et je me suis échappé moi seul, pour t’en apporter la nouvelle.
18 Il parlait encore, lorsqu’un autre vint et dit: Tes fils et tes filles mangeaient et buvaient du vin dans la maison de leur frère aîné;
19 et voici, un grand vent est venu de l’autre côté du désert, et a frappé contre les quatre coins de la maison; elle s’est écroulée sur les jeunes gens, et ils sont morts. Et je me suis échappé moi seul, pour t’en apporter la nouvelle.
20 Alors Job se leva, déchira son manteau, et se rasa la tête; puis, se jetant par terre, il se prosterna,
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