16 He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported: “A lightning storm[a] struck from heaven.(A) It burned up the sheep and the servants and devoured them, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:16 Lit The fire of God

16 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, “The fire of God fell from the heavens(A) and burned up the sheep and the servants,(B) and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

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16 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.

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They perish at a single blast(A) from God
and come to an end by the breath of His nostrils.(B)

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At the breath of God(A) they perish;
    at the blast of his anger they are no more.(B)

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By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

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30 He will not escape from the darkness;
flames will wither his shoots,
and by the breath of God’s mouth, he will depart.(A)

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30 He will not escape the darkness;(A)
    a flame(B) will wither his shoots,(C)
    and the breath of God’s mouth(D) will carry him away.(E)

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30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

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