His possessions included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys; in addition he had a very great household. Thus he was the greatest of all the people in the east.

"Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge, or fill his belly with the east wind?

People of the west are appalled at his fate; people of the east are seized with horror, saying,

"If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.

The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

In what direction is lightning dispersed, or the east winds scattered over the earth?