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 put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from 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 heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came 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 to comfort him.

Your words have supported him who was falling, You have made firm the feeble knees.

but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.

All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, "For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning." His father wept for him.

Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees.

Many of the Jewish people had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.

Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

Therefore, lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,

Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.