Job 1:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and carried them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you."

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, 'The Chaldeans formed three raiding parties, swept down on the camels, and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who escaped to tell you.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have taken them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    In the meane season whyle he was yet speakinge, there came another, and sayde: The Caldees made thre armies, and fell in vpon the camels, which they haue caried awaye, yee and slayne the seruauntes with the swearde: and I only am gotte awaye, to tell the.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And whiles he was yet speaking, another came, and sayd, The Caldeans set on three bands, and fell vpon the camels, and haue taken them, and haue slayne the seruantes with the edge of the sworde: but I onely am escaped alone to tell thee.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And whyle he was yet speaking there came another, and sayde: The Caldees made out their bandes, and fel vpon the camels, and haue caried them away, yea and slayne thy seruauntes with the sworde: and I only am gotten away alone to tell thee.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    While he [was] yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, "The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    While this `one' is speaking another also hath come and saith, `Chaldeans made three heads, and rush on the camels, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare `it' to thee.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have taken them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have taken them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The Chaldaeans made themselves into three bands, and came down on the camels and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, "The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said,“The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I– only I alone– escaped to tell you!”

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 11:28 : 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
  • Hab 1:6 : 6 For indeed I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation which marches through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwellingplaces that are not theirs.
  • Gen 11:31 : 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and lived there.
  • 2 Sam 1:3 : 3 And David said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I have escaped from the camp of Israel.
  • Job 1:15 : 15 when the Sabeans raided them and took them away; and they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you."
  • Isa 23:13 : 13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not till the Assyrian founded it for those who dwell in the wilderness: they set up its towers, they raised up its palaces; and he brought it to ruin.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 1:14-16
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    91%

    14And a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,

    15when the Sabeans raided them and took them away; and they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you."

    16While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I alone have escaped to tell you."

  • Job 1:18-19
    2 verses
    80%

    18While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house,

    19and suddenly a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they are dead; and I alone have escaped to tell you."

  • Gen 24:10-12
    3 verses
    71%

    10Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed, for all his master's goods were in his hand. And he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.

    11And he made his camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water at evening time, the time when women go out to draw water.

    12And he said, "O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray, give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

  • Gen 32:8
    70%

    8And said, If Esau comes to one group and attacks it, then the other group which is left shall escape.

  • Gen 14:13-15
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    70%

    13And one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, for he lived by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and they were allies with Abram.

    14When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he armed his trained men, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

    15And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and attacked them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

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    70%

    9So God has taken away the cattle of your father and given them to me.

  • Gen 24:32-35
    4 verses
    70%

    32Then the man came to the house, and he unloaded the camels, and provided straw and feed for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.

    33Food was set before him to eat, but he said, "I will not eat until I have told my business." And he said, "Speak on."

    34So he said, "I am Abraham's servant.

    35The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great; and He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.

  • 2 Sam 14:7
    69%

    7And, behold, the whole family has risen against your maidservant, and they said, Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall extinguish my last remaining ember, and shall not leave to my husband either name or remnant on the earth.

  • Gen 32:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15Thirty milking camels with their young, forty cows, and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys, and ten foals.

    16And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said to his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space between drove and drove.

  • Gen 24:27-28
    2 verses
    69%

    27And he said, "Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His mercy and His truth toward my master. As for me, being on the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren."

    28So the young woman ran and told her mother's household these things.

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    69%

    9And, behold, here comes a chariot of men with a pair of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the carved images of her gods he has shattered to the ground.

  • Isa 21:7
    69%

    7And he saw a chariot with a pair of horsemen, a chariot of donkeys, and a chariot of camels; and he listened diligently with great attention:

  • Gen 44:28
    69%

    28And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I have not seen him since:

  • 2 Chr 14:15
    69%

    15They also attacked the tents of cattle and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

  • Gen 24:20
    69%

    20Then she quickly emptied her pitcher into the trough, ran back to the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

  • 1 Chr 5:21
    69%

    21And they took away their animals: of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of donkeys two thousand, and of men one hundred thousand.

  • Gen 37:25
    69%

    25And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

  • 2 Kgs 7:7
    68%

    7Therefore they arose and fled at twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

  • Gen 33:13
    68%

    13And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me; and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.

  • Ezek 3:22
    68%

    22And the hand of the LORD was upon me there; and he said to me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will talk with you there.

  • Num 24:23
    68%

    23And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God does this!

  • 1 Sam 30:17
    68%

    17And David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day: and none of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who rode upon camels, and fled.

  • Gen 31:39
    68%

    39That which was torn by beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it; from my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or by night.

  • 2 Kgs 7:10
    68%

    10So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no one there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.

  • Ezek 33:23
    68%

    23Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • Job 1:3
    68%

    3His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

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    68%

    17Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • Gen 39:18
    68%

    18And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me, and fled outside.

  • Isa 21:2
    68%

    2A harsh vision is revealed to me; the treacherous one deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam! Besiege, O Media! All its sighing have I made to cease.

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    68%

    17Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;

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    67%

    7And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men who were with me did not see the vision; but a great trembling fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.

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    14Now let it be that the young woman to whom I say, 'Please let down your pitcher that I may drink,' and she says, 'Drink, and I will give your camels a drink also'—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. And by this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master."

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    7And now I have heard that you have shearers; now your shepherds that were with us, we did not harm them, nor was there anything missing from them, all the while they were in Carmel.

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    29It is in my power to do you harm: but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Beware that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad.