and the Sabeans attacked and took them. They also killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

While he was still speaking, another came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three units and made a raid on the camels and took them, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

For irritation kills the fool, And jealousy brings death to the simple.

If the whip kills suddenly, He mocks the despair of the innocent.

He sucks the poison of cobras; The viper’s tongue kills him.

The murderer arises at dawn; He kills the poor and the needy, And at night he is like a thief.