Job 1:13

New International Reader's Version

One day Job’s sons and daughters were at their oldest brother’s house. They were enjoying good food and drinking wine.

Cross References

Job 1:12

The Lord said to Satan, “All right. I am handing everything he has over to you. But do not touch the man himself.” Then Satan left the Lord and went on his way.

Job 1:14

During that time a messenger came to Job. He said, “The oxen were plowing. The donkeys were eating grass near them.

Job 1:4

His sons used to give feasts in their homes on their birthdays. They would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

Proverbs 27:1

Don’t brag about tomorrow. You don’t know what a day will bring.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

No one knows when trouble will come to them. Fish are caught in nets. Birds are taken in traps. And people are trapped by hard times that come when they don’t expect them.

Luke 21:34

“Be careful. If you aren’t, your hearts will be loaded down with wasteful living, drunkenness and the worries of life. Then the day the Son of Man returns will close on you like a trap. It will happen suddenly.