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15 when the Sabeans[a] swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to death with the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

16 While he was still speaking, another servant came and said, “The fire of God fell from the sky and burned up the flocks and the servants and consumed them, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

17 While he was still speaking, another servant came and said, “The Chaldeans[b] formed three raiding parties and plundered the camels and took them away. They put the servants to death with the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:15 People from Arabia, south of Uz
  2. Job 1:17 People from Syria, north of Uz