His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, 'The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides,

Now when the three friends of Job heard of all this misfortune which had befallen him, - they came, every man from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, - for they had by appointment met together to come to shew sympathy with him, and to comfort him.

The old lion comes to his end for need of food, and the young of the she-lion go wandering in all directions.

Shew me, and I -- I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand.

Do they not shew thee -- speak to thee, And from their heart bring forth words?

I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

When it is lifted up, like a howling lion, thou dost hunt me, Then again thou dost shew thyself marvellous against me.

And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

And yet, ask, I pray thee, One of the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee.

Lo, though he slay me, yet will I put my trust in him. But if I shew and reprove mine own ways in his sight,

I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

Like a vine he will let his sour grapes fall, and like an olive tree he will shed his blossoms.

And, he that voucheth for me is on high. My friends are, they who scorn me, Unto GOD, hath mine eye shed tears: -

Shew thyself to be one with him - I pray thee - and prosper, thereby, shall there come on thee blessing.

He did evil to the barren; she will not bear: andhewill not do good to the widow.

I shew you by the hand of God, That which is with the Mighty I hide not.

Verily, no man can tell how worthy a thing she is, neither is she found in the land of the living.

"The deep sayeth, 'She is not in me.' The sea sayeth, 'She is not with me.'

She cannot be gotten for the most fine gold, neither may the price of her be bought with any money.

She is hid from the eyes of all men; yea, and from the fouls of the air.

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.

Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.

I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.

If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:

Besides that which I see, shew Thou me, If iniquity I have done -- I do not add?'

Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.

At the breath of God, the frost cometh, and the waters are shed abroad.

Do you go after food for the she-lion, or get meat so that the young lions may have enough,

Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,

For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust,

And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down.

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.

From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.