Job 1:16-18

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁶ That messenger was still speaking when another one came in and said, “A bolt of lightning^[a] struck your sheep and servants and burned them up. I am the only one who escaped to come and tell you the news!”

¹⁷ That messenger was still speaking when another one came in and said, “The Chaldeans^[b] sent out three raiding parties that attacked us and took the camels! They killed the other servants. I am the only one who escaped to come and tell you the news!”

¹⁸ That messenger was still speaking when another one came in and said, “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house.