The Meaning of Job 1:14 Explained

Job 1:14

KJV: And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:

YLT: And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, 'The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides,

Darby: And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them;

ASV: that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;

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What is the context of Job 1:14?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:

What does Job 1:14 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 1:13-22 - Stripped Of Every Possession

There are dark days in our lives, when messenger follows on the heel of messenger, and we sit down amid the ruins of our happiness. All that made life gay and beautiful has withered and we are treading a dreary waste; our soul is almost dead within us and our feet are blistered.

Then our friends come and lay the blame on the Chaldeans and lightning, the Sabeans and the hurricane. They pity us as unfortunate and miserable. But we say to ourselves, looking beyond the secondary causes to the Cause beyond them all, "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away." Sometimes we can get no farther than this, but how happy we are when we can go on to say, "Blessed be the name of the Lord." The true soul is reckless of what happens to himself, so long as the glory of the Lord's name remains unsullied and enhanced. Let us, above all, never charge God with foolishness by impeaching His love or the rectitude of His decisions. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 1

¹ The holiness, riches, and reverent care of Job for his children
⁶ Satan, appearing before God, obtains leave to afflict Job
¹³ Understanding of the loss of his children and goods, in his mourning Job blesses God

What do the individual words in Job 1:14 mean?

And a messenger came to Job and said the oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them

וּמַלְאָ֛ךְ בָּ֥א אֶל־ אִיּ֖וֹב וַיֹּאמַ֑ר הַבָּקָר֙ הָי֣וּ חֹֽרְשׁ֔וֹת וְהָאֲתֹנ֖וֹת רֹע֥וֹת עַל־ יְדֵיהֶֽם

וּמַלְאָ֛ךְ	And a messenger
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular Root: מַלְאָךְ Sense: messenger, representative.
בָּ֥א	came
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
אִיּ֖וֹב	Job
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אִיּׄוב Sense: a patriarch, the subject of the book of Job.
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר	and said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
הַבָּקָר֙	the oxen
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: בָּקָר Sense: cattle, herd, oxen, ox.
חֹֽרְשׁ֔וֹת	plowing
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine plural Root: חָרַשׁ Sense: to cut in, plough, engrave, devise.
וְהָאֲתֹנ֖וֹת	and the donkeys
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, feminine plural Root: אָתֹון Sense: she-ass, she-donkey.
רֹע֥וֹת	feeding
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine plural Root: רָעָה Sense: to pasture, tend, graze, feed.
עַל־	beside
Parse: Preposition Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.

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