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Job 1:14

“A messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,”

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¹²“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.

¹³One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

¹⁴A messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,

¹⁵The Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

¹⁶While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

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