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Job 1:14

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And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
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  1. 1 Samuel 4:17Rank 1 from verse 14
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    17And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

  2. Jeremiah 51:31Rank 2 from verse 14
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    31One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,

  3. 2 Samuel 15:13Rank 3 from verse 14
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    13¶ And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.

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Job 1:14

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plowing

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of plow, meaning to till or break up the ground with it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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feeding

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Sense 1: Present-participial or verbal-noun form of feed, meaning to give or take food; to nourish, tend, or graze. Sense 2: Food for animals.

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13¶ And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:

14And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:

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15And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

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