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10 But he said to her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. We have also received good from God, and should we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

11 And three friends of Job heard of all this evil that was come upon him. And they came each one from his place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to condole with him and to comfort him.

12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice and wept. And they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward the heavens.

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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.