Job 1:13

In 11 translations

BSB

One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

KJV

¶ And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:

WEB

It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

ASV

And it fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house,

LSV

And the day is, that his sons and his daughters are eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn.

YLT

And the day is, that his sons and his daughters are eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their brother, the first-born.

DBY

And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn.

DRC

Now upon a certain day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their eldest brother,

GNV

And on a day, when his sonnes and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brothers house,

JPS

And it fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,

LXXE

And it came to pass on a certain day, that Job's sons and his daughters were drinking wine in the house of their elder brother.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיְהִ֖י הַיּ֑וֹם וּבָנָ֨יו וּבְנֹתָ֤יו אֹֽכְלִים֙ וְשֹׁתִ֣ים יַ֔יִן בְּבֵ֖ית אֲחִיהֶ֥ם הַבְּכֽוֹר׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἦν ὡς ἡ ἡμέρα αὕτη, οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰὼβ καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες αὐτοῦ ἔπινον οἶνον ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτῶν τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου.

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• Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
• Proverbs 27:1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
• Ecclesiastes 9:12For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
• Luke 17:27–29People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and…
• Job 1:4Job’s sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
• Luke 12:19–20Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who…

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