Job 2:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

Friends

Proverbs 27:10

Temanite

Shuhite

To come

Hebrews 13:3

Bible References

Friends

“For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend;
So that he does not forsake the fear of the Almighty.

“My friends are my scoffers;

My eye weeps to God.

“All my associates abhor me,
And those I love have turned against me.

It came about after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, because you have not spoken of Me what is right as My servant Job has.

A friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.

A man of too many friends comes to ruin,
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
And do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.

Temanite

“The caravans of Tema looked,
The travelers of Sheba hoped for them.

Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,

The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho and Gatam and Kenaz.

Concerning Edom.
Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman?
Has good counsel been lost to the prudent?
Has their wisdom decayed?

Shuhite

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

Then Bildad the Shuhite responded,

She bore to him Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah.

The sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine, whom she bore, were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan.

To come

Then all his brothers and all his sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversities that the Lord had brought on him. And each one gave him one piece of money, and each a ring of gold.

Then all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, “Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

These two things have befallen you;
Who will mourn for you?
The devastation and destruction, famine and sword;
How shall I comfort you?

and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.

Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you yourselves also are in the body.