Job 1:16
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While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.While 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!”
In other translations
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.While 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!”
Hebrew words
עוֹד׀odstillH5750זֶהzehthis [one]H2088מְדַבֵּרmedaber[was] speakingH1696וְזֶהvezehand this [one]H2088בָּאba'he cameH935וַיֹּאמַרvaiyomarand he saidH559אֵשׁ'esh[the] fire ofH784אֱלֹהִים'elohimGodH430נָפְלָהnafelahit fellH5307מִן־min-fromH4480הַשָּׁמַיִםhashamayimthe heavensH8064וַתִּבְעַרvativ'arand it burnedH1197בַּצֹּאןbatzon<on> the sheepH6629וּבַנְּעָרִיםuvane'arimand <on> the servantsH5288וַתֹּאכְלֵםvatokhlemand it consumed themH398וָאִמָּלְטָהva'imaltahand I have escaped !H4422רַק־rak-onlyH7535אֲנִי'aniIH589לְבַדִּיlevadito alone meH905לְהַגִּידlehagidto tellH5046לָךְ׃lakhto you
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Related verses
- 2 Kings 1:12And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.Again Elijah replied, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.
- Genesis 19:24Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
- 1 Kings 18:38Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.
- Leviticus 10:2And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.
- Leviticus 9:24And there came a fire out from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.
- Revelation 13:13And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,And the second beast performed great signs to cause even fire from heaven to come down to earth in the presence of the people.
- Amos 7:4Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.
- 2 Kings 1:10And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.
- Numbers 11:1-31 And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. 2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched. 3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them.1 Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp. 2 And the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down. 3 So that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the LORD had burned among them.
- 1 Samuel 14:15And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.Then terror struck the Philistines in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even those in the outposts and raiding parties trembled. Indeed, the earth quaked and panic spread from God.
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