Job 1:15
Good News Translation
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."

New Revised Standard Version
and the Sabeans fell on them and carried them off, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; I alone have escaped to tell you.”

Contemporary English Version
a gang of Sabeans attacked and stole the oxen and donkeys! Your other servants were killed, and I am the only one who escaped to tell you."

New American Bible
and the Sabeans carried them off in a raid. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Sabeans rushed in, and took all away, and slew the servants with the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell thee.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the Sabeans rushed in, and took all away, and slew the servants with the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell thee.

Sabeans.

Genesis 10:7,28 And the sons of Chus: Saba, and Hevila, and Sabatha, and Regma, and Sabatacha. The sons of Regma: Saba, and Dadan. . . .

Genesis 25:3 Jecsan also begot Saba, and Dadan. The children of Dadan were Assurim, and Latusim, and Loomim.

Psalm 72:10 The kings of Tharsis and the islands shall offer presents: the kings of the Arabians and of Saba shall bring gifts:

Isaiah 45:14 Thus saith the Lord: The labour of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and of Sabaim, men of stature shall come over to thee, and shall be thine: they shall walk after thee, they shall go bound with manacles: and they shall worship thee, and shall make supplication to thee: only in thee is God, and there is no God besides thee.

Ezekiel 23:42 And there was in her the voice of a multitude rejoicing: and to some that were brought of the multitude of men, and that came from the desert, they put bracelets on their hands, and beautiful crowns on their heads.

Joel 3:8 And I will sell your sons, and your daughters, by the hands of the children of Juda, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far off, for the Lord hath spoken it.

and I only.

Job 1:16,17,19 And while he was yet speaking, another came, and said: The fire of God fell from heaven, and striking the sheep and the servants, hath consumed them; and I alone have escaped to tell thee. . . .

1 Samuel 22:20,21 But one of the sons of Achimelech, the son of Achitob, whose name was Abiathar, escaped, and fled to David, . . .

Context
Job Loses His Children and Possessions
14There came a messenger to Job, and said: The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them, 15And the Sabeans rushed in, and took all away, and slew the servants with the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell thee.16And while he was yet speaking, another came, and said: The fire of God fell from heaven, and striking the sheep and the servants, hath consumed them; and I alone have escaped to tell thee.…
Cross References
Genesis 10:7
And the sons of Chus: Saba, and Hevila, and Sabatha, and Regma, and Sabatacha. The sons of Regma: Saba, and Dadan.

Job 1:14
There came a messenger to Job, and said: The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them,

Job 6:19
Consider the paths of Thema, the ways of Saba, and wait a little while.

Ezekiel 24:26
In that day when he that escapeth shall come to thee, to tell thee:

Joel 3:8
And I will sell your sons, and your daughters, by the hands of the children of Juda, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far off, for the Lord hath spoken it.

Job 1:14
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