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Job 1:15 Strong Concordance And the Sabeans [07614] fell [05307] upon them, and took them away [03947]; yea, they have slain [05221] the servants [05288] with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719]; and I only am escaped [04422] alone to tell [05046] thee.
  King James And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Sabeans--not those of Arabia-Felix, but those of Arabia-Deserta, descending from Sheba, grandson of Abraham and Keturah (Gen 25:3). The Bedouin Arabs of the present day resemble, in marauding habits, these Sabeans (compare Gen 16:12).

I alone am escaped--cunningly contrived by Satan. One in each case escapes (Job 1:16-17, Job 1:19), and brings the same kind of message. This was to overwhelm Job, and leave him no time to recover from the rapid succession of calamities--"misfortunes seldom come single."
 
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19 And, behold, there came [0935] a great [01419] wind [07307] from [05676] the wilderness [04057], and smote [05060] the four [0702] corners [06438] of the house [01004], and it fell [05307] upon the young men [05288], and they are dead [04191]; and I only am escaped [04422] alone to tell [05046] thee.
16 While he was yet speaking [01696], there came [0935] also another, and said [0559], The fire [0784] of God [0430] is fallen [05307] from heaven [08064], and hath burned up [01197] the sheep [06629], and the servants [05288], and consumed [0398] them; and I only am escaped [04422] alone to tell [05046] thee.
17 While he was yet speaking [01696], there came [0935] also another, and said [0559], The Chaldeans [03778] made out [07760] three [07969] bands [07218], and fell [06584] upon the camels [01581], and have carried them away [03947], yea, and slain [05221] the servants [05288] with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719]; and I only am escaped [04422] alone to tell [05046] thee.
12 And he will be a wild [06501] man [0120]; his hand [03027] will be against every man, and every man's hand [03027] against him; and he shall dwell [07931] in the presence [06440] of all his brethren [0251].
3 And Jokshan [03370] begat [03205] Sheba [07614], and Dedan [01719]. And the sons [01121] of Dedan [01719] were Asshurim [0805], and Letushim [03912], and Leummim [03817].
19 And, behold, there came [0935] a great [01419] wind [07307] from [05676] the wilderness [04057], and smote [05060] the four [0702] corners [06438] of the house [01004], and it fell [05307] upon the young men [05288], and they are dead [04191]; and I only am escaped [04422] alone to tell [05046] thee.
16 While he was yet speaking [01696], there came [0935] also another, and said [0559], The fire [0784] of God [0430] is fallen [05307] from heaven [08064], and hath burned up [01197] the sheep [06629], and the servants [05288], and consumed [0398] them; and I only am escaped [04422] alone to tell [05046] thee.
17 While he was yet speaking [01696], there came [0935] also another, and said [0559], The Chaldeans [03778] made out [07760] three [07969] bands [07218], and fell [06584] upon the camels [01581], and have carried them away [03947], yea, and slain [05221] the servants [05288] with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719]; and I only am escaped [04422] alone to tell [05046] thee.
6 And [1161] the young men [3501] arose [450], wound [4958] him [846] up [4958], and [2532] carried him out [1627], and buried [2290] him.
20 But Gehazi [01522], the servant [05288] of Elisha [0477] the man [0376] of God [0430], said [0559], Behold, my master [0113] hath spared [02820] Naaman [05283] this Syrian [0761], in not receiving [03947] at his hands [03027] that which he brought [0935]: but, as the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], I will run [07323] after [0310] him, and take [03947] somewhat [03972] of him.
2 And Abraham [085] said [0559] unto his eldest [02205] servant [05650] of his house [01004], that ruled over [04910] all that he had, Put [07760], I pray thee, thy hand [03027] under my thigh [03409]:
12 And there was there with us a young man [05288], an Hebrew [05680], servant [05650] to the captain [08269] of the guard [02876]; and we told [05608] him, and he interpreted [06622] to us our dreams [02472]; to each man [0376] according to his dream [02472] he did interpret [06622].
19 And the young man [05288] deferred [0309] not to do [06213] the thing [01697], because he had delight [02654] in Jacob's [03290] daughter [01323]: and he was more honourable [03513] than all the house [01004] of his father [01].
7 But he said [0559] unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive [02030], and bear [03205] a son [01121]; and now drink [07941] no wine [03196] nor strong drink [08354], neither eat [0398] any unclean [02932] thing: for the child [05288] shall be a Nazarite [05139] to God [0430] from the womb [0990] to the day [03117] of his death [04194].
5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive [02030], and bear [03205] a son [01121]; and no razor [04177] shall come [05927] on his head [07218]: for the child [05288] shall be a Nazarite [05139] unto God [0430] from the womb [0990]: and he shall begin [02490] to deliver [03467] Israel [03478] out of the hand [03027] of the Philistines [06430].
6 And when she had opened [06605] it, she saw [07200] the child [03206]: and, behold, the babe [05288] wept [01058]. And she had compassion [02550] on him, and said [0559], This is one of the Hebrews [05680]' children [03206].
28 And Obal [05745], and Abimael [039], and Sheba [07614],
7 And the sons [01121] of Cush [03568]; Seba [05434], and Havilah [02341], and Sabtah [05454], and Raamah [07484], and Sabtecha [05455]: and the sons [01121] of Raamah [07484]; Sheba [07614], and Dedan [01719].
6 For unto us a child [03206] is born [03205], unto us a son [01121] is given [05414]: and the government [04951] shall be upon his shoulder [07926]: and his name [08034] shall be called [07121] Wonderful [06382], Counsellor [03289], The mighty [01368] God [0410], The everlasting [05703] Father [01], The Prince [08269] of Peace [07965].
14 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], The labour [03018] of Egypt [04714], and merchandise [05505] of Ethiopia [03568] and of the Sabeans [05436], men [0582] of stature [04060], shall come over [05674] unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come [03212] after [0310] thee; in chains [02131] they shall come over [05674], and they shall fall down [07812] unto thee, they shall make supplication [06419] unto thee, saying, Surely God [0410] is in thee; and there is none else, there is no [0657] God [0430].
3 For I am the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], the Holy One [06918] of Israel [03478], thy Saviour [03467]: I gave [05414] Egypt [04714] for thy ransom [03724], Ethiopia [03568] and Seba [05434] for thee.
6 But unto the sons [01121] of the concubines [06370], which Abraham [085] had, Abraham [085] gave [05414] gifts [04979], and sent them away [07971] from Isaac [03327] his son [01121], while he yet lived [02416], eastward [06924], unto the east [06924] country [0776].