Job 1:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 1:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 1:18 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine i..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 1:18 — KJV
“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:”
— Job 1:18 (KJV)
Job 1:18 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 1:18
“And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:”
Shares key themes with Job 1:18: sons, daughters, eating
“While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. The fire...: or, A great fire”
Shares key themes with Job 1:18: while, yet, speaking
“There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.”
Shares key themes with Job 1:18: came, also, sons
“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 1:18: sons, daughters, brother
“And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it. eaten...: Heb. made it common”
Shares key themes with Job 1:18: yet, also, another
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