Job 1:19 (YLT)

Passage

And lo, a great wind hath come from over the wilderness, and striketh against the four corners of the house, and it falleth on the young men, and they are dead, and I am escaped--only I alone--to declare <FI>it<Fi> to thee.'

Nearby Context

Job 1:17 While this <FI>one<Fi> is speaking another also hath come and saith, `Chaldeans made three heads, and rush on the camels, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, and I am escaped--only I alone--to declare <FI>it<Fi> to thee.'

Job 1:18 While this <FI>one<Fi> is speaking another also hath come and saith, `Thy sons and thy daughters are eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their brother, the first-born.

Job 1:19 And lo, a great wind hath come from over the wilderness, and striketh against the four corners of the house, and it falleth on the young men, and they are dead, and I am escaped--only I alone--to declare <FI>it<Fi> to thee.'

Job 1:20 And Job riseth, and rendeth his robe, and shaveth his head, and falleth to the earth, and doth obeisance,

Job 1:21 and he saith, `Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked I turn back thither: Jehovah hath given and Jehovah hath taken: let the name of Jehovah be blessed.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "great", "wind", "hath", "come", "over", "wilderness", "striketh", and "against". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "great" and "wind", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "While this FI one Fi is speaking..." into verse 20's "And Job riseth and rendeth his robe...", so "great" and "wind" 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 "great" and "wind" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.