Verse Comparison: Job 1:14
American Standard Version
that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;
Amplified® Bible
And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,
Contemporary English Version
when someone rushed up to Job and said, "While your servants were plowing with your oxen, and your donkeys were nearby eating grass,
Darby English Version
And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them;
Good News Bible
a messenger came running to Job. "We were plowing the fields with the oxen," he said, "and the donkeys were in a nearby pasture.
King James Version
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
New American Standard Bible
a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,
New International Version
a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
New King James Version
and a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen had plowed and the donkeys fed beside them,
Revised Standard Version
and there came a messenger to Job, and said, "The oxen were plowing and the asses feeding beside them;
Young's Literal Translation
And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, `The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides,