The Meaning of Job 1:13 Explained

Job 1:13

KJV: And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

YLT: And the day is, that his sons and his daughters are eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their brother, the first-born.

Darby: And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn.

ASV: And it fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,

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What is the context of Job 1:13?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And there was a day when his sons and his daughters [were] eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

What does Job 1:13 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 1:13 mean?

And there was a day and when his sons and daughters [were] eating and drinking wine in house of their brother oldest

וַיְהִ֖י הַיּ֑וֹם וּבָנָ֨יו וּבְנֹתָ֤יו אֹֽכְלִים֙ וְשֹׁתִ֣ים יַ֔יִן בְּבֵ֖ית אֲחִיהֶ֥ם הַבְּכֽוֹר

וַיְהִ֖י	And there was
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
הַיּ֑וֹם	a day
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
וּבָנָ֨יו	and when his sons
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
וּבְנֹתָ֤יו	and daughters
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular Root: בַּת Sense: daughter.
אֹֽכְלִים֙	[were] eating
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural Root: אָכַל Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
וְשֹׁתִ֣ים	and drinking
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural Root: שָׁתָה Sense: to drink.
יַ֔יִן	wine
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: יַיִן Sense: wine.
בְּבֵ֖ית	in house
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בַּיִת Sense: house.
אֲחִיהֶ֥ם	of their brother
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural Root: אָח Sense: brother.
הַבְּכֽוֹר	oldest
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: בְּכֹר Sense: firstborn, firstling.

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