Job 1:13
Good News Translation
One day when Job's children were having a feast at the home of their oldest brother,

New Revised Standard Version
One day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the eldest brother’s house,

Contemporary English Version
Job's sons and daughters were having a feast in the home of his oldest son,

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now upon a certain day, when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine, in the house of their eldest brother,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Now upon a certain day, when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine, in the house of their eldest brother,

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Job 1:4 And his sons went, and made a feast by houses, every one in his day. And sending, they called their three sisters, to eat and drink with them.

Proverbs 27:1 Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.

Ecclesiastes 9:12 Man knoweth not his own end: but as fishes are taken with the hook, and as birds are caught with the snare, so men are taken in the evil time, when it shall suddenly come upon them.

Luke 12:19,20 And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years. Take thy rest: eat, drink, make good cheer. . . .

Luke 17:27-29 They did eat and drink, they married wives and were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all. . . .

Luke 21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness and the cares of this life: and that day come upon you suddenly.

Context
Job Loses His Children and Possessions
13Now upon a certain day, when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine, in the house of their eldest brother,14There came a messenger to Job, and said: The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them,…
Cross References
Job 1:12
Then the Lord said to Satan: Behold, all that he hath is in thy hand: only put not forth thy hand upon his person. And Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.

Job 1:14
There came a messenger to Job, and said: The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them,

Job 1:12
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