A moment in scripture
Job 1:13
And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
The surrounding passage
- Job 1:11
But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
- Job 1:12
And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.
- Job 1:14
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
- Job 1:15
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.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.