13 Now on the day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house , 14 a messenger came to Job and said , "The oxen were plowing and the [1]donkeys feeding beside e them, 15 and [2]the Sabeans [3]attacked and took them. They also [4]slew the servants with the edge of the sword , and [5]I alone e have escaped to tell you."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 1:13-15
Commentary on Job 1:13-19
(Read Job 1:13-19)
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 one messenger of evil tidings was speaking, another followed. His dearest and most valuable possessions were his ten children; news is brought him that they are killed. They were taken away when he had most need of them to comfort him under other losses. In God only have we a help present at all times.