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and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you."
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An Attack by Neighbors
Commentators suggest the Sabeans were likely descendants of Abraham through his wife Keturah. This means the violent, unprovoked raid wasn't carried out by a distant, unknown enemy, but by marauding tribes who were Job's neighbors, adding a layer of local treachery to his suffering.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the Sabeans - Hebrew שׁבא (shebâ')—Vulgate, “Suboei.” The Septuagint gives a paraphrase, καὶ ἐλθόντες οἱ αἰχμαλωτε…
19th Century
Anglican
The Sabeans. —Literally, Sheba. Three persons named Sheba are found in Genesis:
Baptist
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: And the Sabeans fell upon them, and to…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Sabeans fell upon them Or, "Sheba fell" F5 ; that is, as Aben Ezra and Simeon Bar Tzemach supply …
Satan brought Job's troubles upon him on the day that his children began their course of feasting. The troubles all came upon Job at once; while on…
13th Century
Catholic
After considering the cause of the blessed Job’s adversity, the text consequently shows how that adversity came upon him. Because Satan produced al…
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