KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Job 1:3
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.
WEB World English Bible
His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.
ASV American Standard Version
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 children of the east.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and his substance is seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred pairs of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a service very abundant; and that man is greater than any of the sons of the east.
Surrounding context — Job 1
1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name [was] Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
3 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.
4 And his sons went and feasted [in their] houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
5 And it was so, when the days of [their] feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings [according] to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
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וַיְהִ֣יH1961 · ha.yahto beמִ֠קְנֵהוּH4735 · miq.nehlivestockשִֽׁבְעַ֨תH7651 · she.vasevenאַלְפֵי־H505 · e.lephthousandצֹ֜אןH6629 · tsonflockוּשְׁלֹ֧שֶׁתH7969 · sha.loshthreeאַלְפֵ֣יH505 · e.lephthousandגְמַלִּ֗יםH1581 · ga.malcamelוַחֲמֵ֨שׁH2568 · cha.meshfiveמֵא֤וֹתH3967 · me.ahhundredצֶֽמֶד־H6776 · tse.medpairבָּקָר֙H1241 · ba.qarcattleוַחֲמֵ֣שׁH2568 · cha.meshfiveמֵא֣וֹתH3967 · me.ahhundredאֲתוֹנ֔וֹתH860 · a.tonshe-assוַעֲבֻדָּ֖הH5657 · a.vud.dahserviceרַבָּ֣הH7227 · ravmanyמְאֹ֑דH3966 · me.odmuchוַיְהִי֙H1961 · ha.yahto beהָאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanהַה֔וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itגָּד֖וֹלH1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeמִכָּל־H3605 · kolallבְּנֵי־H1121 · benson: childקֶֽדֶם׃H6924 · qe.demEast
Cross-references
Job 29:25I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one [that] comforteth the mourners.Job 42:12So 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.Judges 6:3And [so] it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;1 Kings 4:30And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.Numbers 23:7And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, [saying], Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.Genesis 12:16And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.Job 29:9-10The princes refrained talking, and laid [their] hand on their mouth.Genesis 12:5And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.Genesis 13:6And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.Genesis 29:1Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.Genesis 34:23[Shall] not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs [be] ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.1 Samuel 25:2And [there was] a man in Maon, whose possessions [were] in Carmel; and the man [was] very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.Judges 6:5For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; [for] both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.Genesis 25:6But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.2 Chronicles 26:10Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen [also], and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.2 Chronicles 32:29Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.Numbers 31:32-34And the booty, [being] the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
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