14 a messenger came running to Job. "We were plowing the fields with the oxen,"he said, "and the donkeys were in a nearby pasture.

15 Suddenly the Sabeans attacked and stole them all. They killed every one of your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you."

16 Before he had finished speaking, another servant came and said, "Lightning struck the sheep and the shepherds and killed them all. I am the only one who escaped to tell you."