Job 1:3

"His possessions also were 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and very many servants": Here is. description of Job's prosperity. Such. large estate of livestock obviously necessitated much land and many servants. This is the property that. semi-nomadic potentate would possess. The sheep would provide clothing and good, the camels and donkeys would provide transportation, and the oxen provided food and the power for plowing. "And that man was the greatest of all the men of the east": He was the wealthiest of. group of very prosperous men in the east, possibly men from northern Arabia. Compare with Jeremiah 49:28. Job was both extremely rich and godly,. combination that is at times rare (Luke 12:16ff). Yet men like Abraham and Job demonstrate that prosperity and piety are not necessarily mutually exclusive, yet wealth can be. great danger to the unspiritual (Matthew 19:23-24; 1 Timothy 6:6-10; Proverbs 30:8).

From the rest of the book we will also learn that Job was highly respected (Job 29:7-11);. fair and honest judge (Job 29:7-17);. wise counselor (Job 29:21-24);. honest employer (Job 31:13-15-39); hospitable and generous (Job 31:16-21), and. farmer of crops (Job 31:38-40).