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They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/1.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />when the Sabeans raided us. They stole all the animals and killed all the farmhands. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and the Sabeans fell upon them and took them and struck down the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the Sabeans fell <i>upon them</i>, 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />when the Sabeans raided <i>them</i> and took them away—indeed they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />and the Sabeans attacked and took them. They also killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and the Sabeans attacked and took them. They also slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and the Sabeans attacked and took them. They also slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and the Sabeans fell <i>upon them</i> and took them. They also struck down the young men with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and the Sabeans attacked <i>and</i> swooped down on them and took away the animals. They also killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you! ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />a gang of Sabeans attacked and stole the oxen and donkeys! Your other servants were killed, and I am the only one who escaped to tell you." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />men from Sheba attacked. They took the livestock and massacred the servants. I'm the only one who has escaped to tell you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Suddenly the Sabeans attacked and stole them all. They killed every one of your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />when the Sabeans attacked, captured the servants, and killed them with swords. I alone escaped to tell you!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />and the Sabeans swooped down and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I--only I alone--escaped to tell you!" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and Sheba attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yes, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only have escaped alone to tell thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and Sheba falls, and takes them, and they have struck the young men by the mouth of the sword, and I have escaped—only I alone—to declare [it] to you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and Sheba doth fall, 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.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Sheba will fall and take them; they struck the young men by the month of the sword; and only shall escape, I alone, to announce to thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the Sabeans rushed in, and took all away, and slew the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell thee. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />and the Sabeans rushed in and carried away everything, and they struck the servants with the sword; and I alone evaded them to tell you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />and the Sabeans carried them off in a raid. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and the Sabeans fell on them and carried them off, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; I alone have escaped to tell you.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And robbers raided them, and carried them away, and they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword, and I only have escaped to inform you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And a band of robbers fell and took them, and the young men were killed by the sword, and I escaped, I alone, that I would tell you!”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and the Sabeans made a raid, 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.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and the spoilers came and took them for a prey, and slew the servants with the sword; and I having escaped alone am come to tell thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/1-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=140" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/1.htm">Job Loses His Children and Possessions</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby, <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7614.htm" title="7614: šə·ḇā (N-proper-ms) -- Of foreign origin; Sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an Ethiopian district.">the Sabeans</a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: wat·tip·pōl (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">swooped down</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: wat·tiq·qā·ḥêm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs:: 3mp) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">and took them away.</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: hik·kū (V-Hifil-Perf-3cp) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">They put</a> <a href="/hebrew/5288.htm" title="5288: han·nə·‘ā·rîm (Art:: N-mp) -- A boy, lad, youth, retainer. From na'ar; a boy, from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also, a girl.">the servants</a> <a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310: lə·p̄î- (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Mouth. From pa'ah; the mouth, whether literal or figurative; specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially according to."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ḥā·reḇ (N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">to the sword,</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">and I</a> <a href="/hebrew/905.htm" title="905: lə·ḇad·dî (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Separation, a part. ">alone</a> <a href="/hebrew/4422.htm" title="4422: wā·’im·mā·lə·ṭāh (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-1cs:: 3fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to be smooth, i.e. to escape; causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks.">have escaped</a> <a href="/hebrew/7535.htm" title="7535: raq- (Adv) -- The same as raq as a noun; properly, leanness, i.e. limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5046.htm" title="5046: lə·hag·gîḏ (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To be conspicuous. ">to tell</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- ">you!”</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>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!”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/34-25.htm">Genesis 34:25-29</a></span><br />Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male. / They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away. / Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/6-3.htm">Judges 6:3-5</a></span><br />Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them, / encamping against them as far as Gaza and destroying the produce of the land. They left Israel with no sustenance, neither sheep nor oxen nor donkeys. / For the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/13-17.htm">1 Samuel 13:17-18</a></span><br />And raiders went out of the Philistine camp in three divisions. One headed toward Ophrah in the land of Shual, / another toward Beth-horon, and the third down the border road overlooking the Valley of Zeboim facing the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/30-1.htm">1 Samuel 30:1-2</a></span><br />On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down. / They had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/13-20.htm">2 Kings 13:20-21</a></span><br />And Elisha died and was buried. Now the Moabite raiders used to come into the land every spring. / Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of Elisha, the man was revived and stood up on his feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-16.htm">Isaiah 13:16</a></span><br />Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/49-28.htm">Jeremiah 49:28-29</a></span><br />Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east! / They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/38-11.htm">Ezekiel 38:11-12</a></span><br />You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will come against a quiet people who dwell securely, all of them living without walls or bars or gates— / in order to seize the spoil and carry off the plunder, to turn a hand against the desolate places now inhabited and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and possessions and who live at the center of the land.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/7-1.htm">Hosea 7:1</a></span><br />When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/3-6.htm">Joel 3:6</a></span><br />You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-43.htm">Matthew 24:43</a></span><br />But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-30.htm">Luke 10:30</a></span><br />Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-10.htm">John 10:10</a></span><br />The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/9-1.htm">Acts 9:1-2</a></span><br />Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest / and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/26-10.htm">Acts 26:10-11</a></span><br />And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them. / I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the Sabeans fell on them, and took them away; yes, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell you.</p><p class="hdg">Sabeans.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/10-7.htm">Genesis 10:7,28</a></b></br> And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/25-3.htm">Genesis 25:3</a></b></br> And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/72-10.htm">Psalm 72:10</a></b></br> The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.</p><p class="hdg">and I only.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/1-16.htm">Job 1:16,17,19</a></b></br> While he <i>was</i> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/22-20.htm">1 Samuel 22:20,21</a></b></br> And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/esther/4-13.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/esther/8-7.htm">Attacked</a> <a href="/esther/4-17.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-5.htm">Edge</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-3.htm">Escaped</a> <a href="/esther/8-6.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/job/1-13.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/esther/9-16.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/esther/7-8.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/esther/3-4.htm">News</a> <a href="/esther/9-24.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/14-13.htm">Raid</a> <a href="/joel/3-8.htm">Sabeans</a> <a href="/joel/3-8.htm">Sabe'ans</a> <a href="/esther/4-13.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/esther/6-14.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/9-12.htm">Sheba</a> <a href="/esther/9-12.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/esther/9-16.htm">Slew</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-23.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/esther/9-5.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/esther/8-10.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/1-16.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/psalms/18-18.htm">Attacked</a> <a href="/job/1-17.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/job/1-17.htm">Edge</a> <a href="/job/1-16.htm">Escaped</a> <a href="/job/6-27.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/job/1-17.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/job/1-17.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/job/3-1.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/job/12-8.htm">News</a> <a href="/job/5-11.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-15.htm">Raid</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-14.htm">Sabeans</a> <a href="/joel/3-8.htm">Sabe'ans</a> <a href="/job/1-19.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/job/1-16.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/job/6-19.htm">Sheba</a> <a href="/job/1-17.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/psalms/78-31.htm">Slew</a> <a href="/job/4-20.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/job/1-17.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/job/1-19.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Job 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/1-1.htm">The holiness, riches, and reverent care of Job for his children.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/1-6.htm">Satan, appearing before God, obtains leave to afflict Job.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/1-13.htm">Understanding of the loss of his children and goods, in his mourning Job blesses God.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>the Sabeans swooped down and took them away.</b><br>The Sabeans were a nomadic group known for their raiding activities, likely originating from the region of Sheba, which is associated with the southwestern part of the Arabian Peninsula. This reflects the historical context of the time, where nomadic tribes often raided settled communities for livestock and goods. The suddenness of the attack is emphasized by the phrase "swooped down," indicating a swift and unexpected assault. This event is part of the series of calamities that befall Job, testing his faith and integrity.<p><b>They put the servants to the sword,</b><br>The phrase "put the servants to the sword" indicates a violent and ruthless attack, resulting in the death of Job's servants. This reflects the harsh realities of ancient warfare and the vulnerability of those living in isolated areas. The loss of servants not only represents a personal tragedy for Job but also a significant economic blow, as servants were essential for managing livestock and agricultural activities. This act of violence underscores the severity of Job's trials and the comprehensive nature of his losses.<p><b>and I alone have escaped to tell you!”</b><br>The lone survivor serves as a messenger, a common motif in ancient narratives, to convey the news of disaster. This emphasizes the totality of the destruction and the isolation of Job in his suffering. The phrase highlights the theme of witness and testimony, as the survivor's role is to inform Job of the calamity, setting the stage for Job's response to his trials. This also foreshadows the role of witnesses in the broader biblical narrative, where testimony is crucial for understanding and responding to God's actions and purposes.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A wealthy and righteous man from the land of Uz, known for his faithfulness to God. He is the central figure in the Book of Job.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/sabeans.htm">Sabeans</a></b><br>A group of people, likely from the region of Sheba, known for their raiding and plundering activities. They are the aggressors in this event.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/servants.htm">Servants</a></b><br>The individuals working for Job who were killed by the Sabeans during the raid.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_messenger.htm">The Messenger</a></b><br>The lone survivor of the attack who reports the tragic news to Job.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_uz.htm">The Land of Uz</a></b><br>The setting of the Book of Job, traditionally considered to be in the region of Edom or northern Arabia.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_suffering.htm">The Reality of Suffering</a></b><br><a href="/job/1-15.htm">Job 1:15</a> illustrates the suddenness and severity of suffering that can occur in life. Believers should be prepared for trials and trust in God's sovereignty.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_adversity.htm">The Role of Adversity</a></b><br>Adversity can serve as a test of faith. Job's response to his trials is a model for maintaining integrity and faithfulness amidst hardship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_vigilance.htm">The Importance of Vigilance</a></b><br>Just as the Sabeans attacked unexpectedly, believers must remain vigilant in their spiritual lives, aware of the enemy's potential to disrupt and destroy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_testimony.htm">The Power of Testimony</a></b><br>The messenger's role highlights the importance of sharing experiences and bearing witness to God's faithfulness, even in dire circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trust in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Despite the chaos and loss, Job's account encourages believers to trust in God's ultimate plan and purpose, even when it is not immediately apparent.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_were_the_sabeans.htm">What is the historical identity of the Sabeans?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_god's_direct_talk_with_job.htm">Job 40:1–5: What historical or archaeological evidence supports such a direct, extended conversation between God and a single individual like Job?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_job's_story_historically_corroborated.htm">Is there any non-biblical evidence supporting Job’s extreme losses and subsequent restoration (Job 19:13–20), or does the account stand alone with no historical corroboration?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_15_34-35_align_with_god's_mercy.htm">In Job 15:34–35, how can the harsh depiction of divine judgment be squared with other biblical passages emphasizing God’s mercy (e.g., Psalm 103:8)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) <span class= "bld">The Sabeans.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">Sheba. </span>Three persons named Sheba are found in Genesis: (1) The son of Raamah and grandson of Cush (<a href="/genesis/10-7.htm" title="And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.">Genesis 10:7</a>); (2) the son of Jokshan and grandson of Abraham (<a href="/genesis/25-3.htm" title="And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.">Genesis 25:3</a>); (3) The son of Joktanand grandson of Eber (<a href="/genesis/10-28.htm" title="And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,">Genesis 10:28</a>). It is probably the second who is referred to here, whose descendants led a predatory and marauding kind of life in the country bordering on that of Job. (Comp. <a href="/ezekiel/38-13.htm" title="Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say to you, Are you come to take a spoil? have you gathered your company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?">Ezekiel 38:13</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And the Sabeans</span> (literally, Sheba) <span class="cmt_word">fell upon them, and took them away</span>. The Sabeans were the principal people of Arabia in ancient times, and the name seems to be used sometimes in the general sense of "Arabs" (see <a href="/psalms/72-10.htm">Psalm 72:10, 15</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/6-20.htm">Jeremiah 6:20</a>). We may suppose that hem, either the general sense is intended, or, if the specific one, then that, at the date whereto the story of Job belongs, there were Sabeans in Eastern as well as in Southern Arabia, in the neighbourhood of the Upper Persian Gulf as well as in the neighbourhood of the Indian Ocean. The plundering habits of all the Arab tribes are well known. Strabo says that the Sabeans, even at the height of their prosperity, made excursions for the sake of plunder into Arabia Petraea and even Syria (Strab., 16:4) <span class="cmt_word">Yea, they have slain</span>; rather, <span class="accented">they slew</span>, or <span class="accented">they smote. <span class="cmt_word"></span>The servants</span>; literally, <span class="accented">the young men</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the labourers who were engaged in ploughing, and would be in duty bound to resist the carrying off of the cattle. <span class="cmt_word">With the edge of the sword</span>. The lance is the chief weapon of the modern Bedouin, but it may have been different anciently. Or the expression used may merely mean "with weapons of war." <span class="cmt_word">And I only am escaped alone to tell thee</span>. Professor Lee translates, "And I have <span class="accented">hardly</span> escaped alone to tell thee." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/1-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">the Sabeans</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁבָא֙</span> <span class="translit">(šə·ḇā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7614.htm">Strong's 7614: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sheba -- a territory in soutwest Arabia, also the name of one or more descendant of Noah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">swooped down</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתִּפֹּ֤ל</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tip·pōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall, lie</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and took them away.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתִּקָּחֵ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tiq·qā·ḥêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">They struck down</span><br /><span class="heb">הִכּ֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(hik·kū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the servants</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנְּעָרִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(han·nə·‘ā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5288.htm">Strong's 5288: </a> </span><span class="str2">A boy, lad, youth, retainer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with the sword,</span><br /><span class="heb">חָ֑רֶב</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> </span><span class="str2">Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and I</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנִ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">alone</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבַדִּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇad·dî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_905.htm">Strong's 905: </a> </span><span class="str2">Separation, a part of the body, branch of a, tree, bar for, carrying, chief of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have escaped</span><br /><span class="heb">וָֽאִמָּ֨לְטָ֧ה</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’im·mā·lə·ṭāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4422.htm">Strong's 4422: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to tell</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהַגִּ֥יד</span> <span class="translit">(lə·hag·gîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5046.htm">Strong's 5046: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be conspicuous</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you!”</span><br /><span class="heb">לָֽךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(lāḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/1-15.htm">Job 1:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/1-15.htm">Job 1:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/1-15.htm">Job 1:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/1-15.htm">Job 1:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/1-15.htm">Job 1:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/1-15.htm">Job 1:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/1-15.htm">Job 1:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/1-15.htm">Job 1:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/1-15.htm">Job 1:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/1-15.htm">Job 1:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/1-15.htm">OT Poetry: Job 1:15 And the Sabeans attacked and took them (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/1-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 1:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 1:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/1-16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 1:16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 1:16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>