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 from me;
my acquaintances have abandoned me.

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

They bemoaned

Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had happened to him, each of them came from his home. They met together to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.

Your words have steadied the one who was stumbling
and braced the knees that were buckling.

Instead, I would encourage you with my mouth,
and the consolation from my lips would bring relief.

All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” And his father wept for him.

Strengthen the weak hands,
steady the shaking knees!

Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

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

Therefore strengthen your tired hands and weakened knees,

Remember the prisoners, as though you were in prison with them, and the mistreated, as though you yourselves were suffering bodily.