Job 1:18

18 And this one was still talking when another came, and said, Your sons and your daughters were feasting together in their oldest brother's house,

Job 1:18 Meaning and Commentary

Job 1:18

While he was yet speaking, there came another
A servant of one of Job's sons, who was in waiting at the feast before mentioned, and here again repeated:

and said, thy sons and thy daughters were eating, and drinking wine in
their eldest brother's house; (See Gill on Job 1:13).

Job 1:18 In-Context

16 And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The fire of God came down from heaven, burning up the sheep and the goats and the young men completely, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.

17 And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The Chaldaeans made themselves into three bands, and came down on the camels and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.

18 And this one was still talking when another came, and said, Your sons and your daughters were feasting together in their oldest brother's house,

19 When a great wind came rushing from the waste land against the four sides of the house, and it came down on the young men, and they are dead; and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.

20 Then Job got up, and after parting his clothing and cutting off his hair, he went down on his face to the earth, and gave worship, and said,