Job 42:11

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Summary

Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

All his brethren

Job 19:13

Proverbs 16:7

They bemoaned

Bible References

All his brethren

“He has removed my brothers far from me,
And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.

When a man’s ways are pleasing to the Lord,
He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

They bemoaned

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and comfort him.

“Your words have helped the tottering to stand,
And you have strengthened feeble knees.

“I could strengthen you with my mouth,
And the solace of my lips could lessen your pain.

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.

Encourage the exhausted, and strengthen the feeble.

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.

Therefore,

strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble,

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