Job 1:13

New American Bible - revised edition

One day, while his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their eldest brother,

Cross References

Job 1:12

The Lord said to the satan, “Very well, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on him.” So the satan went forth from the presence of the Lord. The First Trial.

Job 1:14

a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys grazing beside them,

Job 1:4

His sons used to take turns giving feasts, sending invitations to their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

Proverbs 27:1

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what any day may bring forth.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

Human beings no more know their own time than fish taken in the fatal net or birds trapped in the snare; like these, mortals are caught when an evil time suddenly falls upon them. The Uncertain Future and the Sages.

Luke 21:34

“Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise