Bilangan 16:35

16:35 Then a fire ¹  went out from the Lord and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.

Ayub 1:16

1:16 While this one was still speaking, ²  another messenger arrived ³  and said, “The fire of God ⁴  has fallen from heaven ⁵  and has burned up the sheep and the servants – it has consumed them! And I – only I alone – escaped to tell you!”

Yesaya 10:17

10:17 The light of Israel ⁶  will become a fire,

their Holy One ⁷  will become a flame;

it will burn and consume the Assyrian king’s ⁸  briers

and his thorns in one day.

[16:35]  ¹ tn For a discussion of the fire of the Lord, see J. C. H. Laughlin, “The Strange Fire of Nadab and Abihu,” JBL 95 (1976): 559-65.

[1:16]  ² tn The particle עוֹד (’od, “still”) is used with the participle to express the past circumstances when something else happened (IBHS 625-26 §37.6d).

[1:16]  ³ tn The Hebrew expression is literally “yet/this/speaking/and this/ arrived.” The sentence uses the two demonstratives as a contrasting pair. It means “this one was still speaking when that one arrived” (IBHS 308-9 §17.3c). The word “messenger” has been supplied in the translation in vv. 16, 17, and 18 for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[1:16]  ⁴ sn The “fire of God” would refer to lightning (1 Kgs 18:38; 2 Kgs 1:12; cf. NAB, NCV, TEV). The LXX simply has “fire.” The first blow came from enemies; the second from heaven, which might have confused Job more as to the cause of his troubles. The use of the divine epithet could also be an indication of the superlative degree; see D. W. Thomas, “A Consideration of Some Unusual Ways of Expressing the Superlative in Hebrew,” VT 3 (1953): 209-24.

[1:16]  ⁵ tn Or “from the sky.” The Hebrew word שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven[s]” or “sky” depending on the context.

[10:17]  ⁶ tn In this context the “Light of Israel” is a divine title (note the parallel title “his holy one”). The title points to God’s royal splendor, which overshadows and, when transformed into fire, destroys the “majestic glory” of the king of Assyria (v. 16b).

[10:17]  ⁷ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[10:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “his.” In vv. 17-19 the Assyrian king and his empire is compared to a great forest and orchard that are destroyed by fire (symbolic of the Lord).