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Job’s sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?

So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.

For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.

Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.

Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.

‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’

…then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.

For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.

…if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—

…if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,

For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.

Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.

All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.

Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.

You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.

The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!

All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him—even those unable to preserve their lives.

When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.

Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.

Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.

They scavenge for food, and growl if they are not satisfied.

…because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.

He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven.

Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.

So they ate and were well filled, for He gave them what they craved.

He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.

Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.

…for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.

You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.

But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.

For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears

They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.

They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.

They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.