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

To a despiser of his friends is shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh.

My interpreter is my friend, Unto God hath mine eye dropped:

Abominate me do all the men of my counsel, And those I have loved, Have been turned against me.

And it cometh to pass after Jehovah's speaking these words unto Job, that Jehovah saith unto Eliphaz the Temanite, 'Burned hath Mine anger against thee, and against thy two friends, because ye have not spoken concerning Me rightly, like My servant Job.

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

A man with friends is to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better is a near neighbour than a brother afar off.

Temanite

Passengers of Tema looked expectingly, Travellers of Sheba hoped for them.

And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --

And the sons of Eliphaz are Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz;

Concerning Edom: 'Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Is wisdom no more in Teman? Perished hath counsel from the intelligent? Vanished hath their wisdom?

Shuhite

And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: --

and she beareth to him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

And sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

To come

And come unto him do all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all his former acquaintances, and they eat bread with him in his house, and bemoan him, and comfort him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him, and they gave to him each one kesitah, and each one ring of gold.

and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and saith, 'For -- I go down mourning unto my son, to Sheol,' and his father weepeth for him.

These two are meeting thee, who is moved for thee? Spoiling and destruction -- Famine and sword, who -- I comfort thee?

and many of the Jews had come unto Martha and Mary, that they might comfort them concerning their brother;

to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping,

and whether one member doth suffer, suffer with it do all the members, or one member is glorified, rejoice with it do all the members;

be mindful of those in bonds, as having been bound with them, of those maltreated, as also yourselves being in the body;