Job 1:17

Easy To Read Version

While that messenger was still speaking, another messenger came. This third messenger said, “The Chaldeans sent three groups of soldiers. They attacked us and took the camels! They killed the servants. I am the only person that escaped. So I came to tell you the news!”

Cross References

Genesis 11:28

Haran died in his home town, Ur of Babylonia, [69] while his father Terah was still alive.

Genesis 11:31

Terah took his family and left Ur of Babylonia. [70] They planned to travel to Canaan. Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran’s son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai (Abram’s wife). They traveled to the city of Haran and decided to stay there.

2 Samuel 1:3

David asked the man, “Where have you come from?”

Job 1:15

The Sabean people {\cf2\super [3]} attacked us and took your animals! Those people killed the other servants. I am the only person that escaped. So I came to tell you the news!”

Job 1:18

While the third messenger was still speaking, another messenger came. The fourth messenger said, “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house.

Isaiah 23:13

\{So the people of Tyre say,\}\par “The people of Babylon will help us!”\par But look at the land of the Chaldeans! {\cf2\super [227]} \par Babylon is not a country now.\par Assyria {\cf2\super [228]} attacked Babylon and built war towers around it.\par The soldiers took everything from\par the beautiful houses.\par Assyria made Babylon\par a place for wild animals.\par They changed Babylon\par into a place of ruins.\par

Ezekiel 23:23

I will bring all those men from Babylon, especially the Chaldeans. I will bring the men from Pekod, Shoa, and Koa. And I will bring all those men from Assyria. So I will bring all those leaders and officers. They were all desirable young men, chariot {\cf2\super [188]} officers and hand-picked soldiers riding their horses.

Habakkuk 1:6

I will make the Babylonian people a strong nation. Those people are mean and powerful fighters. They will march across the earth. They will take houses and cities that don’t belong to them.