King James Version
Job 1:18 in the King James Version says “While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine i...” — study this verse from Job chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:”
Job 1:18 · KJV
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
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. from: Heb. from aside, etc
Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, mantle: or, robe
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
“While he was yet speaking”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“Thy sons”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“and thy daughters”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
“house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“brother's”
H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
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