Job 1:3 “and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female d…”

Job 1:3

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

His substance also was seuen thousande sheepe, and three thousand camels, and fiue hundreth yoke of oxen, and fiue hundreth shee asses, and his family was very great, so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the East.

Darby Translation

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.

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.

Bible in Basic English

And of cattle he had seven thousand sheep and goats, and three thousand camels, and a thousand oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great number of servants. And the man was greater than any of the sons of the east.

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Cross references

“substance”

Genesis 12:5 Genesis 13:6 Genesis 34:23 2 Chronicles 32:29

Genesis 12:5 · BSB

And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

Genesis 13:6 · BSB

But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.

Genesis 34:23 · BSB

Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”

2 Chronicles 32:29 · BSB

He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him very great wealth.

“seven”

Job 42:12 Proverbs 10:22 Genesis 12:16 Numbers 31:32–34 Judges 6:5 1 Samuel 25:2

Job 42:12 · BSB

So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

Proverbs 10:22 · BSB

The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.

Genesis 12:16 · BSB

He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.

Numbers 31:32–34 · BSB

and this plunder remained from the spoils the soldiers had taken: 675,000 sheep,

Judges 6:5 · BSB

For the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it.

1 Samuel 25:2 · BSB

Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.

“household”

2 Chronicles 26:10

2 Chronicles 26:10 · BSB

Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fer…

“greatest”

Job 29:25 Job 29:9 Job 29:10

Job 29:25 · BSB

I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.

Job 29:9 · BSB

The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.

Job 29:10 · BSB

The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

“men”

Judges 6:3 1 Kings 4:30 Judges 7:12 Judges 8:10

Judges 6:3 · BSB

Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,

1 Kings 4:30 · BSB

Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

Judges 7:12 · BSB

Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.

Judges 8:10 · BSB

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men—all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had already fallen.

“of the east”

Numbers 23:7 Genesis 29:1 Genesis 25:6

Numbers 23:7 · BSB

And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’

Genesis 29:1 · BSB

Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.

Genesis 25:6 · BSB

But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2He had seven sons and three daughters,

4Job’s sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

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