1
Iyov said that he remained outside the city for many years; the witnesses differ on the number, with some preserving seven and others a much longer period.
2
He watched the collapse of the household that once surrounded him.
3
His wife Sitidos, formerly honored in a great house, became a servant in another man’s household.
4
She carried water and performed degrading labor merely to obtain bread.
5
Iyov grieved not because labor was shameful, but because those who had once received mercy from his house now treated her without mercy.