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15 Then[a] the Sabeans attacked,[b] and they took them, and they slew the servants by the edge of the sword.[c] But[d] I escaped, even I alone, to tell you.”

16 While this one was still speaking, another[e] came and said, “The fire of God fell from the heavens, and it blazed up against the sheep and goats and against the servants, and it consumed them. But I escaped, even I alone, to tell you.”

17 While this one was still speaking, another[f] came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three divisions, and they made a raid on the camels, and they carried them away, and they struck your servants by the edge of the sword,[g] but I escaped, even I alone, to tell you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:15 Hebrew “And”
  2. Job 1:15 Literally “fell upon them
  3. Job 1:15 Literally “with the mouth of the sword”
  4. Job 1:15 Hebrew “And”
  5. Job 1:16 Literally “this”
  6. Job 1:17 Literally “this”
  7. Job 1:17 Literally “with the mouth of the sword”