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Job 1:3 Strong Concordance His substance [04735] also was seven [07651] thousand [0505] sheep [06629], and three [07969] thousand [0505] camels [01581], and five [02568] hundred [03967] yoke [06776] of oxen [01241], and five [02568] hundred [03967] she asses [0860], and a very [03966] great [07227] household [05657]; so that this man [0376] was the greatest [01419] of all the men [01121] of the east [06924].
  King James 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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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
she-asses--prized on account of their milk, and for riding (Jdg 5:10). Houses and lands are not mentioned among the emir's wealth, as nomadic tribes dwell in movable tents and live chiefly by pasture, the right to the soil not being appropriated by individuals. The "five hundred yoke of oxen" imply, however, that Job tilled the soil. He seems also to have had a dwelling in a town, in which respect he differed from the patriarchs. Camels are well called "ships of the desert," especially valuable for caravans, as being able to lay in a store of water that suffices them for days, and to sustain life on a very few thistles or thorns.

household-- (Gen 26:14). The other rendering which the Hebrew admits, "husbandry," is not so probable.

men of the east--denoting in Scripture those living east of Palestine; as the people of North Arabia-Deserta (Jdg 6:3; Eze 25:4).
 
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4 Behold, therefore I will deliver [05414] thee to the men [01121] of the east [06924] for a possession [04181], and they shall set [03427] their palaces [02918] in thee, and make [05414] their dwellings [04908] in thee: they shall eat [0398] thy fruit [06529], and they shall drink [08354] thy milk [02461].
3 And so it was, when Israel [03478] had sown [02232], that the Midianites [04080] came up [05927], and the Amalekites [06002], and the children [01121] of the east [06924], even they came up [05927] against them;
14 For he had possession [04735] of flocks [06629], and possession [04735] of herds [01241], and great store [07227] of servants [05657]: and the Philistines [06430] envied [07065] him.
10 Speak [07878], ye that ride [07392] on white [06715] asses [0860], ye that sit [03427] in judgment [04055], and walk [01980] by the way [01870].
15 And the Sabeans [07614] fell [05307] upon them, and took them away [03947]; yea, they have slain [05221] the servants [05288] with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719]; and I only am escaped [04422] alone to tell [05046] thee.
15 And the Sabeans [07614] fell [05307] upon them, and took them away [03947]; yea, they have slain [05221] the servants [05288] with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719]; and I only am escaped [04422] alone to tell [05046] thee.
14 For he had possession [04735] of flocks [06629], and possession [04735] of herds [01241], and great store [07227] of servants [05657]: and the Philistines [06430] envied [07065] him.
13 And he said [0559] unto him, My lord [0113] knoweth [03045] that the children [03206] are tender [07390], and the flocks [06629] and herds [01241] with young [05763] are with me: and if men should overdrive [01849] them one [0259] day [03117], all the flock [06629] will die [04191].
14 Butter [02529] of kine [01241], and milk [02461] of sheep [06629], with fat [02459] of lambs [03733], and rams [0352] of the breed [01121] of Bashan [01316], and goats [06260], with the fat [02459] of kidneys [03629] of wheat [02406]; and thou didst drink [08354] the pure [02561] blood [01818] of the grape [06025].
10 For they shall eat [0398], and not have enough [07646]: they shall commit whoredom [02181], and shall not increase [06555]: because they have left off [05800] to take heed [08104] to the LORD [03068].
18 And the men [0582] of the city [05892] said [0559] unto him on the seventh [07637] day [03117] before the sun [02775] went down [0935], What is sweeter [04966] than honey [01706]? and what is stronger [05794] than a lion [0738]? And he said [0559] unto them, If [03884] ye had not plowed [02790] with my heifer [05697], ye had not found out [04672] my riddle [02420].
6 When I washed [07364] my steps [01978] with butter [02529], and the rock [06697] poured me out [06694] rivers [06388] of oil [08081];
24 Then she saddled [02280] an ass [0860], and said [0559] to her servant [05288], Drive [05090], and go forward [03212]; slack [06113] not thy riding [07392] for me, except I bid [0559] thee.
10 Speak [07878], ye that ride [07392] on white [06715] asses [0860], ye that sit [03427] in judgment [04055], and walk [01980] by the way [01870].
25 And when the ass [0860] saw [07200] the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068], she thrust [03905] herself unto the wall [07023], and crushed [03905] Balaam's [01109] foot [07272] against the wall [07023]: and he smote [05221] her again [03254].
14 And there came [0935] a messenger [04397] unto Job [0347], and said [0559], The oxen [01241] were plowing [02790], and the asses [0860] feeding [07462] beside [03027] them: