that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;

a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,

And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, `The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides,

And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them;