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17 While this one was still speaking, another[a] 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,[b] but I escaped, even I alone, to tell you.”

18 At the time[c] this one was speaking, another[d] came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their firstborn brother’s house. 19 And behold,[e] a great wind came from across the desert, and it struck the four corners of the house so that[f] it fell upon the young people, and they died. But I escaped, even I alone, to tell you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:17 Literally “this”
  2. Job 1:17 Literally “with the mouth of the sword”
  3. Job 1:18 Hebrew “Until”
  4. Job 1:18 Literally “this”
  5. Job 1:19 Or “Look”
  6. Job 1:19 Literally “and”