Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.

And he also had seven sons and three daughters.

So these three men refused to answer Job further, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

With Job’s three friends he was also angry, because they could not find an answer, and so declared Job guilty.

But when Elihu saw that the three men had no further reply, he became very angry.

“Indeed, God does all these things, twice, three times, in his dealings with a person,

Now his sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one in turn, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

His possessions included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys; in addition he had a very great household. Thus he was the greatest of all the people in the east.

While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I – only I alone – escaped to tell you!”

When Job’s three friends heard about all this calamity that had happened to him, each of them came from his own country – Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They met together to come to show sympathy for him and to console him.