Verse 11

The Visit of Job’s Friends 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.

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
  • Jer 49:7 : 7 Judgment Against Edom The LORD of Heaven’s Armies spoke about Edom.“Is wisdom no longer to be found in Teman? Can Edom’s counselors not give her any good advice? Has all of their wisdom turned bad?
  • Gen 25:2 : 2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
  • Job 42:11 : 11 So they came to him, all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they dined with him in his house. They comforted him and consoled him for all the trouble the LORD had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
  • Gen 36:11 : 11 The sons of Eliphaz were:Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
  • Gen 36:15 : 15 These were the chiefs among the descendants of Esau, the sons of Eliphaz, Esau’s firstborn: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,
  • Prov 17:17 : 17 A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.
  • Job 6:19 : 19 The caravans of Tema looked intently for these streams; the traveling merchants of Sheba hoped for them.
  • 1 Chr 1:32 : 32 Keturah’s Descendants The sons to whom Keturah, Abraham’s concubine, gave birth:Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, Shuah.The sons of Jokshan:Sheba and Dedan.
  • 1 Cor 12:26 : 26 If one member suffers, everyone suffers with it. If a member is honored, all rejoice with it.
  • Heb 13:3 : 3 Remember those in prison as though you were in prison with them, and those ill-treated as though you too felt their torment.
  • Job 6:14 : 14 Disappointing Friends“To the one in despair, kindness should come from his friend even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
  • John 11:19 : 19 so many of the Jewish people of the region had come to Martha and Mary to console them over the loss of their brother.)
  • Job 8:1 : 1 Bildad’s First Speech to Job Then Bildad the Shuhite spoke up and said:
  • Job 13:4 : 4 But you, however, are inventors of lies; all of you are worthless physicians!
  • Job 15:1 : 1 Eliphaz’s Second Speech Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:
  • Job 16:2 : 2 “I have heard many things like these before. What miserable comforters are you all!
  • Job 16:20 : 20 My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;
  • Job 18:1 : 1 Bildad’s Second Speech Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
  • Job 19:19 : 19 All my closest friends detest me; and those whom I love have turned against me.
  • Job 19:21 : 21 Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, for the hand of God has struck me.
  • Job 42:7 : 7 After the LORD had spoken these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite,“My anger is stirred up against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.
  • Prov 18:24 : 24 There are companions who harm one another, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
  • Prov 27:10 : 10 Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.
  • Isa 51:19 : 19 These double disasters confronted you. But who feels sorry for you? Destruction and devastation, famine and sword. But who consoles you?
  • Gen 37:35 : 35 All his sons and daughters stood by him to console him, but he refused to be consoled.“No,” he said,“I will go to the grave mourning my son.” So Joseph’s father wept for him.