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 The messenger was still speaking when another messenger came in. He said, “Lightning from God fell from the sky. It burned up the sheep and the servants. And I am the only one who escaped to tell you!”

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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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God’s breath destroys them.
    A blast of his anger kills them.

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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 flame will dry up his branches.
    God’s breath will carry that evil person away.

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