Job 1:14

and a messenger came to Job, saying, “The oxen were plowing ¹  and the donkeys were grazing beside them,

a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were ploughing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,

a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,

a messenger arrived at Job’s home with this news: "Your oxen were plowing, with the donkeys feeding beside them,

a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys grazing in the field next to us

And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side:

a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were feeding beside them,

and a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,

and a messenger came to Job, saying, “The oxen were plowing ¹  and the donkeys were grazing beside them,

¹ tn The use of the verb “to be” with the participle gives emphasis to the continuing of the action in the past (GKC 360 §116.r).