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His substance also was seuen thousand sheepe, and three thousand camels, and fiue hundred yoke of oxen, and fiue hundred shee asses, and a very great houshold; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the East.

1611 marginal noteOr, cattell.

1611 marginal noteOr, husbandrie.

1611 marginal noteHeb. sonnes of the East.

And it was so, when the dayes of their feasting were gone about, that Iob sent and sanctified them, and rose vp early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: For Iob said, It may be that my sonnes haue sinned, and cursed God in their hearts: Thus did Iob continually.

1611 marginal noteHeb. all the dayes.

1611 marginal note1.King. 21.10,13.

Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on euery side? thou hast blessed the worke of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

1611 marginal noteOr, cattell.

But put foorth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

1611 marginal noteHebr. if he curse thee not to thy face.

And the LORD said vnto Satan, Behold, all that hee hath is in thy power, onely vpon himselfe put not foorth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

1611 marginal noteHeb. hand.

In all this Iob sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

1611 marginal noteOr, attributed folly to God.

And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skinne for skinne, yea all that a man hath, wil he giue for his life.

But he said vnto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh; what? shall wee receiue good at the hand of God, and shall wee not receiue euill? In all this did not Iob sinne with his lippes.

¶ Now when Iobs three friends heard of all this euill, that was come vpon him, they came euery one from his owne place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; for they had made an appointment together to come to mourne with him, and to comfort him.

Feare came vpon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.

1611 marginal noteHeb. met mee.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the multitude of my bones.