Job 1:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁶ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ While he was yet speaking, there came also another and said, The fire of God (lightning) has fallen from the heavens and has burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ While this messenger was speaking, another arrived and said: “A raging fire fell from the sky and burned up the sheep and devoured the young men. I alone escaped to tell you.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And while he was still speaking, another arrived, and he said, "The fire of God fell from heaven, and, having struck the sheep and the servants, it consumed them; and I alone escaped to tell you."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And while he was yet speaking, another came, and said: The fire of God fell from heaven and, striking the sheep and the servants, hath consumed them. And I alone have escaped to tell thee.

Job 1:16 Cross References

Genesis 19:24

Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

1 Kings 18:38

Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

2 Kings 1:10

And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

2 Kings 1:12

And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

2 Kings 1:14

Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and consumed the two former captains of fifty with their fifties: but now let my life be precious in thy sight.

Psalm 45:3

Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, Thy glory and thy majesty.

Exodus 9:28

Entreat the LORD; for there hath been enough of these mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

Leviticus 10:2

And there came forth fire from before the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.

Leviticus 9:24

And there came forth fire from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.

Amos 7:4

Thus the Lord GODshewed me: and, behold, the Lord GODcalled to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.

Revelation 13:13

And he doeth great signs, that he should even make fire to come down out of heaven upon the earth in the sight of men.

1 Samuel 14:15

And there was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled: and the earth quaked; so there was an exceeding great trembling.