Job 2:11
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Job’s Three Friends
11 Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite,(A) Bildad the Shuhite,(B) and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had happened to him, each of them came from his home. They met together to go and sympathize with him and comfort(C) him.
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Job 42:11
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11 All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances(A) came to him and dined with him in his house. They sympathized with him and comforted him concerning all the adversity the Lord had brought on him. Each one gave him a piece of silver[a](B) and a gold earring.(C)
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- 42:11 Lit a qesitah; the value of this currency is unknown
Psalm 22:7
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- 22:7 Lit separate with the lip
Psalm 69:20
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20 Insults have broken my heart,
and I am in despair.
I waited for sympathy,
but there was none;
for comforters, but found no one.(A)
Isaiah 51:19
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19 These two things have happened to you:(A)
devastation and destruction,
famine and sword.
Who will grieve for you?
How can I[a] comfort you?
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- 51:19 DSS, LXX, Syr, Vg read you? Who can
Jeremiah 15:5
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5 Who will have pity on you, Jerusalem?(A)
Who will show sympathy toward you?(B)
Who will turn aside
to ask about your well-being?
Jeremiah 48:27
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27 Wasn’t Israel a laughingstock to you?(A) Was he ever found among thieves?(B) For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.”(C)
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Nahum 3:7
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7 Then all who see you will recoil from you, saying,(A)
“Nineveh is devastated;
who will show sympathy to her?”
Where can I find anyone to comfort you?
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