Job 1:14
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 1:14 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 1:14 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 1:14 — KJV
“And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:”
— Job 1:14 (KJV)
Job 1:14 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 1:14
“So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.”
Shares key themes with Job 1:14: came, job, oxen
“And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.”
Shares key themes with Job 1:14: came, oxen, asses
“Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.”
Shares key themes with Job 1:14: came, oxen, asses
“And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent. with...: Heb. as one man”
Shares key themes with Job 1:14: came, messenger, oxen
“And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.”
Shares key themes with Job 1:14: came, oxen, asses
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