Job 1:13
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 1:13 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 1:13 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
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:”
— Job 1:13 (KJV)
Job 1:13 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 1:13
“While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:”
Shares key themes with Job 1:13: sons, daughters, eating
“And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob. persons: Heb. souls”
Shares key themes with Job 1:13: sons, daughters, brother
“And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)”
Shares key themes with Job 1:13: day, sons, brother
“And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;”
Shares key themes with Job 1:13: day, sons, daughters
“Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;”
Shares key themes with Job 1:13: day, sons, daughters
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