Job 1:13 (GNV)

Passage

And on a day, when his sonnes and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brothers house,

Nearby Context

Job 1:11 But stretch out now thine hand and touch all that he hath, to see if he will not blaspheme thee to thy face.

Job 1:12 Then the Lord sayde vnto Satan, Lo, all that he hath is in thine hand: onely vpon himselfe shalt thou not stretch out thine hand. So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord.

Job 1:13 And on a day, when his sonnes and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brothers house,

Job 1:14 There came a messenger vnto Iob, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding in their places,

Job 1:15 And the Shabeans came violently, and tooke them: yea, they haue slayne the seruants with the edge of the sworde: but I onely am escaped alone to tell thee.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sonnes", "daughters", "eating", "drinking", "wine", "eldest", "brothers", and "house". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sonnes" and "daughters", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Then the Lord sayde vnto Satan Lo..." into verse 14's "There came a messenger vnto Iob and...", so "sonnes" and "daughters" belong inside that flow. In Job context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sonnes" and "daughters" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.