His substance was seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-asses, and a very great household: so that he was one of the most principal men among all them of the east country.

"Should a wise man's answer be as the science of the wind, and fill his belly with the wind of the east?

Art thou the first man that ever was born? Or, wast thou made before the hills?

If so be that I have withdrawn my foot out of the right way, if my heart hath followed mine eyesight, if I have stained or defiled my hands,

"Where wast thou, when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell plainly if thou hast understanding.

Where wast thou, when the morning stars praised me together, and all the children of God rejoiced triumphantly?

"Hast thou given the morning his charge, as soon as thou wast born, and showed the day spring his place,

Knowest thou, when thou wast born, how old thou shouldest be?