Job 2:11 BSB — MannaFest

Job 2:11

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

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ASV

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.

KJV

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Now when Job’s three friends heard - It would seem from this that these men were his particular friends. They came every one from his own place - His residence. This was the result of agreement or appointment thus to meet together. Eliphaz the Temanite - This was the most prominent of his friends. In the ensuing discussion he regularly takes the lead, advances the most important and impressive considerations, and is followed and sustained by the others. The Septuagint renders this Ελιφὰζ ὁ Θαιμαινῶν βασιλεὺς Elifaz ho Thaimainōn basileus - Eliphaz, the king of the Themanites.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Zophar is thought by some to be the same with Zepho, a descendant from Esau, Gen. xxvi. The preserving of so much wisdom and piety among those that were strangers to the covenants of promise was a happy presage of God's grace to the Gentiles, when the partition-wall should in the latter days be taken down.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Teman means "at the right hand"; and then the south, namely, part of Idumea; capital of Edom (Am 1:12). Hebrew geographers faced the east, not the north as we do; hence with them "the right hand" was the south.

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֞וּ	vai.yish.me.'U	and they heard	H8085 →
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת׀	she.Lo.shet	[the] three	H7969 →
רֵעֵ֣י	re.'Ei	[the] friends of	H7453 →
אִיּ֗וֹב	'i.Yov	Job	H347 →
אֵ֣ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָרָעָ֣ה	ha.ra.'Ah	the evil	H7451 →
הַזֹּאת֮	ha.zoT	<the> this	H2063 →
הַבָּ֣אָה	ha.Ba.'ah	that it had come	H935 →
עָלָיו֒	'a.Lav	on him	H5921 →
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙	vai.ya.Vo.'u	and they came	H935 →
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	each one	H376 →
מִמְּקֹמ֔וֹ	mi.me.ko.Mo	from own place his	H4725 →
אֱלִיפַ֤ז	'e.li.Faz	Eliphaz	H464 →
הַתֵּימָנִי֙	ha.tei.ma.Ni	the Temanite	H8489 →
וּבִלְדַּ֣ד	u.vil.Dad	and Bildad	H1085 →
הַשּׁוּחִ֔י	ha.shu.Chi	the Shuhite	H7747 →
וְצוֹפַ֖ר	ve.tzo.Far	and Zophar	H6691 →
הַנַּֽעֲמָתִ֑י	ha.na.'a.ma.Ti	the Naamathite	H5284 →
וַיִּוָּעֲד֣וּ	vai.yi.va.'a.Du	and they met by appointment	H3259 →
יַחְדָּ֔ו	yach.Dav	together	H3162 →
לָב֥וֹא	la.Vo'	to come	H935 →
לָנֽוּד־	la.nud-	to show sympathy	H5110 →
ל֖וֹ	lo	to him
וּֽלְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃	u.le.na.cha.mo	and to comfort him	H5162 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 12:15
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 12:26
  If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Hebrews 13:3
  Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.
- Psalms 35:13–14
  Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
- John 11:33–36
  When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
- Job 30:25
  Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
Through
Proverbs 17:17
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
leads to
- Proverbs 18:24
  A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
- John 15:13–14
  Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
Through
Job 42:11
All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And…
leads to
- Romans 12:15
  Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Job