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.

Now when Job's friends heard of all the trouble that happened to him, there came three of them, every one from his own place: namely, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they were agreed together to come, to shew their compassion on him, and to comfort him.

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,

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.

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

For she leaveth her eggs upon the ground, and heateth them in the dust.

She remembereth not that they might be trodden with feet or broken with some wild beast.

So hard is she to her young ones, as though they were not hers, and laboureth in vain without any fear.

When her time is, she flyeth up on high, and careth neither for horse nor man.