While he was still speaking, a fourth messenger came. He said,“ Your sons and daughters were at their oldest brother’s house. They were enjoying good food and drinking wine.

他还说话的时候，又有人来说：“你的儿女正在他们长兄的家里吃饭喝酒，

他还说话的时候，又有人来说：“你的儿女正在他们长兄的家里吃饭喝酒，

他还说话的时候，又有人来说：“你的儿女正在他们长兄的家里吃饭喝酒，

话音未落，又有人来报信说：“你的儿女正在长兄家吃喝的时候，

他还在说话的时候，又有人来说：“你的儿女正在他们长兄的家里吃饭喝酒的时候，

他還說話的時候，又有人來說：「你的兒女正在他們長兄的家裏吃飯喝酒，

他還說話的時候，又有人來說：「你的兒女正在他們長兄的家裏吃飯喝酒，

他還說話的時候，又有人來說：「你的兒女正在他們長兄的家裏吃飯喝酒，

話音未落，又有人來報信說：「你的兒女正在長兄家吃喝的時候，

他還在說話的時候，又有人來說：“你的兒女正在他們長兄的家裡吃飯喝酒的時候，

這個人還在說話的時候、又有一人來了；他說：『你兒女正在他們大哥家裏喫飯喝酒；

言時、又一人至曰、爾子女宴於兄室、

言時又一人至曰、爾子女宴於兄室、

言時、又一人至、曰、爾子女宴於長兄家、

While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said,“ Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house,

While he was yet speaking, there came another and said,“ Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

While he was still speaking, another messenger arrived with this news:“ Your sons and daughters were feasting in their oldest brother’s home.

He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported,“ Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house.

While he was still speaking, another also came and said,“ Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

While he was still speaking, another also came and said,“ Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

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;

He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported:“ Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house.

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:

While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said,“ Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said,“ Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

One day Job’s sons and daughters were at their oldest brother’s house. They were enjoying good food and drinking wine.

His sons used to give feasts in their homes on their birthdays. They would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

“ I made sure your stomachs were empty in every city. You did not have enough bread in any of your towns. In spite of that, you still have not returned to me,” announces the Lord.“ I also held back rain from you. The time to harvest crops was still three months away. I sent rain on one town. But I held it back from another. One field had rain. But another had no rain and dried up.People wandered from town to town to look for water. But they did not get enough to drink. In spite of that, you still have not returned to me,” announces the Lord.“ Many times I kept your gardens and vineyards from growing. I sent hot winds to dry them up completely. Locusts ate up your fig and olive trees. In spite of that, you still have not returned to me,” announces the Lord.“ I sent plagues on you, just as I did on Egypt. I killed your young men by swords. I also let the horses you had captured be killed. I filled your noses with the stink of your camps. In spite of that, you still have not returned to me,” announces the Lord.“ I destroyed some of you, just as I did Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick that was pulled out of the fire. In spite of that, you still have not returned to me,” announces the Lord.

Absalom ordered his men,“ Listen! When Amnon has had too much wine to drink, I’ll say to you,‘ Strike Amnon down.’ When I do, kill him. Don’t be afraid. I’ve given you an order, haven’t I? Be strong and brave.”

“ Even today my problems are more than I can handle. In spite of my groans, God’s hand is heavy on me.

The person who does what is right may have many troubles. But the Lord saves him from all of them.

All their children will be killed by swords. They’ll never have enough to eat.

As often as it comes, it will carry you away. Morning after morning, day and night, it will come to punish you.” If you understand this message, it will bring you absolute terror.

Everyone will die someday. Death comes to godly and sinful people alike. It comes to good and bad people alike. It comes to“ clean” and“ unclean” people alike. Those who offer sacrifices and those who don’t offer them also die. A good person dies, and so does a sinner. Those who make promises die. So do those who are afraid to make them.

Your children sinned against him. So he punished them for their sin.

One messenger after another comes to the king of Babylon. All of them announce that his entire city is captured.

He smashes through me as if I were a wall. He rushes at me like a fighting man.

He has taken my wealth away from me. He has stripped me of my honor.He tears me down on every side until I’m gone. He pulls up the roots of my hope as if I were a tree.

“ I wish my great pain could be weighed! I wish all my suffering could be weighed on scales!I’m sure it would weigh more than the grains of sand on the seashore. No wonder I’ve been so quick to speak!

Jerusalem also says,“ All you who are passing by, don’t you care about what has happened to me? Just look at my condition. Has anyone suffered the way I have? The Lord has brought all this on me. He has made me suffer. His anger has burned against me.