Job 2:11-13

11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the ¹Temanite, Bildad the ²Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to ³sympathize with him and comfort him.

12 When they lifted up their eyes at a distance and did not recognize him, they raised their voices and wept. And each of them ⁴tore his robe and they ⁵threw dust over their heads toward the sky.

13 ⁶Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights with no one speaking a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

Job 2:11-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 2

This chapter gives an account of a second trial of Job's constancy and integrity, the time and occasion of it, Job 2:1-3; the motion made for it by Satan, which being granted, he smote him from head to foot with sore boils, which he endured very patiently, Job 2:4-8; during which sad affliction he is urged by his wife to give up his integrity, which he bravely resisted, Job 2:9,10; and the chapter is concluded with an account of a visit of three of Job's friends, and of their conduct and behaviour towards him, Job 2:11-13.

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 36:11; Job 6:19; Jeremiah 49:7
• 2. Genesis 25:2
• 3. Job 42:11; Romans 12:15
• 4. Job 1:20
• 5. Joshua 7:6; Nehemiah 9:1; Lamentations 2:10; Ezekiel 27:30
• 6. Genesis 50:10; Ezekiel 3:15