Thematic Bible: Job's friends


Thematic Bible



And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort. Verse ConceptsBad FriendsGood FriendsLove, For One AnotherSympathyVisitingComfort, Of FriendsCondolenceVisiting Of The SickVisitationThree MenMeeting PeopleBest FriendsLosing A FriendLosing FriendsTrue Friends

My friends have been false like a stream, like streams in the valleys which come to an end:

My friends have been false like a stream, like streams in the valleys which come to an end:

And all his brothers and sisters, and his friends of earlier days, came and took food with him in his house; and made clear their grief for him, and gave him comfort for all the evil which the Lord had sent on him; and they all gave him a bit of money and a gold ring. Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfGoldOrnamentsRingsSistersSuffering, Encouragements InVisitingComfort, Of FriendsPresentsJewelleryLarge Denominations

But you put a false face on things; all your attempts to put things right are of no value. Verse ConceptsdoctorsLying, Examples OfUseless PeopleFake FriendsValue

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain