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10 Job said to her, “You’re talking like a foolish woman. Will we receive good from God but not also receive bad?” In all this, Job didn’t sin with his lips.

Job’s three friends come to comfort him

11 When Job’s three friends heard about all this disaster that had happened to him, they came, each one from his home—Eliphaz from Teman, Bildad from Shuah, and Zophar from Naamah. They agreed to come so they could console and comfort him. 12 When they looked up from a distance and didn’t recognize him, they wept loudly. Each one tore his garment and scattered dust above his head toward the sky.

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10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish[a] woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”(A)

In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.(B)

11 When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite,(C) Bildad the Shuhite(D) and Zophar the Naamathite,(E) heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.(F) 12 When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him;(G) they began to weep aloud,(H) and they tore their robes(I) and sprinkled dust on their heads.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 2:10 The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency.