And his substance was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and very many servants; and this man was greater than all the children 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 strivest 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, how that they are the double of what is realised; and know that +God passeth by much of thine iniquity!

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, listen to me; and what 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 aged; wherefore I was timid, and feared to shew you what I know.

Therefore I have said: Hearken to me, I do shew my opinion -- even I.

I answer, even I -- my share, I shew my opinion -- even I.

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

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

Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God are words.

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 on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them,

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 labor is in vain without concern;

At the time on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth at the horse and at his rider.

She dwells and abides on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the stronghold.

From there she seeks the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

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

And Jehovah hath blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning, and he hath fourteen thousand of a flock, and six thousand camels, and a thousand pairs of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.