Now when Job's friends heard of all the trouble that happened to him, there came three of them, every one from his own place: namely, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they were agreed together to come, to shew their compassion on him, and to comfort him.

Insomuch, that wherein soever thou hadst little afore, thou shouldest now have great abundance.

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

Did not ye say, "Why doth he suffer persecution?" Is there found an occasion against me?

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

Suffer me a little, that I may speak also, and then laugh my words to scorn, if ye will.

The poor are fain to labour in their oil mills, yea and to tread in their wine presses, and yet to suffer thirst.

The Topaz that cometh out of Ethiopia may in no wise be likened unto her: yea, no manner of apparel how pleasant and fair soever it be.

Nevertheless, thou hast condemned the judgment of the ungodly; yea, even such a judgment and sentence shalt thou suffer.

So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went their way, and did according as the LORD commanded them. The LORD also accepted the person of Job,