Job 1:15
And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
KJV
et irruerunt Sabæi, tuleruntque omnia, et pueros percusserunt gladio : et evasi ego solus, ut nuntiarem tibi.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐλθόντες οἱ αἰχμαλωτεύοντες ᾐχμαλώτευσαν αὐτάς, καὶ τοὺς παῖδας ἀπέκτειναν ἐν μαχαίραις· σωθεὶς δὲ ἐγὼ μόνος ἦλθον τοῦ ἀπαγγεῖλαί σοι.
LXX
and the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away: yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
ASV
וַ/תִּפֹּ֤ל שְׁבָא֙ וַ/תִּקָּחֵ֔/ם וְ/אֶת הַ/נְּעָרִ֖ים הִכּ֣וּ לְ/פִי חָ֑רֶב וָֽ/אִמָּ֨לְטָ֧/ה רַק אֲנִ֛י לְ/בַדִּ֖/י לְ/הַגִּ֥יד לָֽ/ךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Relation of the Baptist to Elijah. The Theory of Transmigration Considered. The disciples asked Him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come? Matthew 17:10 The disciples indeed who went up with Jesus remembered the traditions of the scribes concerning Elijah, that before the advent of Christ, Elijah would come and prepare for Him the souls of those who w…
Cross-references
- Ezek 24:26 — That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears?
- Gen 10:7 — And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
- Isa 45:14 — Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they
- Job 6:19 — The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
- Job 16:7 — But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
- Joel 3:8 — And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.