King James Version
Job 1:15 in the King James Version says “And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I ...” — study this verse from Job chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Job 1:15 · KJV
And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
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.
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. The fire: or, A great fire
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. fell: Heb. rushed
KJV Study — Public Domain
“fell”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
“And the Sabeans”
H7614sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an ethiopian district
“upon them and took them away”
H3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the servants”
H5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
“with the edge”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
“of the sword”
H2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
“and I only am escaped”
H4422properly, to be smooth, i.e., (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth youn
properly, leanness, i.e., (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although
properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with preposit
“alone to tell”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
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