4 His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 5 And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and 1 Sam. 16:5consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and ch. 42:8;Gen. 8:20offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, "It may be that my children have sinned, and ch. 2:5;[Ps. 10:3]cursed1:5 The Hebrew word bless is used euphemistically for curse in 1:5, 11; 2:5, 9 God in their hearts." Thus Job did continually.
18 While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, ver. 4, 13"Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, 19 and behold, a great wind came across Isa. 21:1;Jer. 4:11;Hos. 13:15the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young people, and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you."