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Job 2:11

JOB—NOTE ON Job 2:11 Eliphaz is from Teman, an important city in Edom (Genesis 36:11, Genesis 36:15; Ezekiel 25:13; Amos 1:11). It was apparently known for its wisdom (Jeremiah 49:7). Bildad is from Shuah, which was probably in Edom or Arabia. Zophar is from Naamah, which was probably in the Sinai Peninsula or Arabian Desert.

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See also Job 2:11 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 2:11. _JOB'S THREE FRIENDS_] The first was _Eliphaz the_ _Temanite_; or, as the _Septuagint_ has it, Ελιφαζ ὁ Θαιμανων βασιλευς, _Eliphaz the king on the Thaimanites_. Eliphaz was one of t...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 ap...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    III. THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN JOB AND HIS FRIENDS 1. First Series of Controversies CHAPTER 2:11-13 The Friends' Arrival Job 2:11. We now enter upon the main section of the book. The dark shadow of th...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB'S THREE FRIENDS COME TO CONDOLE WITH HIM. The friends are Eastern princes like himself (LXX kings), hence live at a distance. They knew him not, because he was so disfigured. They threw dust upon...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    EVERY ONE. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. ELIPHAZ. From Teman, which is connected with Esau and Edom (Genesis 36:4; Genesis 36:11. 1Ch 1:35, 1 Chronicles 1:36;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _for they had made an appointment_ Or, _and they met together_. They came each from his own place and met at one point to go to visit Job together. _to mourn with him_ Or, condole with him, and shew...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Job's three friends, having heard of his misfortunes, come to condole with him How long time intervened between Job's second affliction and the arrival of his friends cannot be accurately ascertained...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 452 FRIENDLY SYMPATHY ILLUSTRATED Job 2:11. 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 Bil...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE, &C.— Eliphaz was the son of Esau, and Teman of Eliphaz; Genesis 36:10. This Eliphaz, no doubt, was of this family. Teman certainly was a city of Edom, Jeremiah 7:20. Ezekiel 25:1...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    8. Three friends come, and a further great trial begins (their insinuations). (Job 2:11-13) TEXT 2:11-13 (11) Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came eve...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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 H...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PROLOGUE (CONTINUED) Job's second trial. He refuses to renounce God when afflicted with an excruciating disease. Three friends come to comfort him....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The three friends of Job now come upon the scene. They are represented as persons of importance like himself. TEMANITE] connected with Edom (Jeremiah 49:7). SHUHITE] Shuah was a son of Abraham by Ketu...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Job’s friends came from three nations. They were intelligent men. Their speeches were clever. And they cared about Job. They wanted to sympathise with Job. They thought that they could encourage Job....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 2 SATAN OPPOSES JOB AGAIN...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE. — Teman was the son of Eliphaz, the son of Esau, to whose family this Eliphaz is probably to be referred (Genesis 36:4; Genesis 36:10). If so, this may roughly indicate the date...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַֽ יִּשְׁמְע֞וּ שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת ׀ רֵעֵ֣י אִיֹּ֗וב אֵ֣ת...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    V. THE DILEMMA OF FAITH Job 2:1 As the drama proceeds to unfold the conflict between Divine grace in the human soul and those chaotic influences which hold the mind in doubt or drag it back into den...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “AMONG THE ASHES” Job 2:1 It gives God deep pleasure when He can point to one of His servants who has borne fiery trial with unwavering patience and faith. The adversary comes back from his restless,...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Again the solemn council met, and again Satan was present. The Most High uttered the same estimate of His servant as before, adding thereto a declaration of Job's victory in the conflict which had tak...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Now when Job's three (p) 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 the...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (11) В¶ Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came everyone from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _JOB’S TWO FOES AND THREE FRIENDS_ ‘Satan … his wife … Job’s three friends.’ Job 2:7; Job 2:9; Job 2:11 The outward calamities from which Job first suffered are narrated in chapter 1. Affliction, a...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    From Riches to Ashes I. INTRODUCTION A. In our last study of the first Chapter of Job, we saw heavenly beings gathered to give an account to the Lord - and satan was amongst them! 1. satan accused...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2. In Job we have man put to the test; we might say, with our present knowledge, man renewed by grace, an upright man and righteous in his ways, in ord...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    NOW WHEN JOB'S THREE FRIENDS HEARD OF ALL THIS EVIL THAT WAS COME UPON HIM,.... Of the loss of his substance, servants, and children, and of his own health; the news of which soon spread in the adjace...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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 ha...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _When Job's three friends heard of all this_, &c. Who were persons eminent for birth and quality, for wisdom and knowledge, and for the profession of the true religion, being probably, as has been obs...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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, probably from Idumea, AND BILDAD, THE SHUHITE, in the desert...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JOB REBUKES HIS WIFE...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    SATAN INFLICTS BODILY SUFFERING ON HIM (vv.1-10), Another day comes when Satan presents himself to God among the sons of God, and his response to God's first question was the same as in Chapter 1. T...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "NOW WHEN JOB'S THREE FRIENDS HEARD OF ALL THIS ADVERSITY THAT HAD COME UPON HIM, THEY CAME EACH ONE FROM HIS OWN PLACE": So far so good (Romans 12:15; James 1:27). "ELIPHAZ": (EL ih faz). "THE TEMANI...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    11-13 The friends of Job seem noted for their rank, as well as for wisdom and piety. Much of the comfort of this life lies in friendship with the prudent and virtuous. Coming to mourn with him, they...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    They were persons then eminent for birth and quality, for wisdom and knowledge, and for the profession of the true religion, being probably of the posterity of Abraham, and akin to Job, and living in...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 2:11 Jobs H347 three H7969 friends H7453 heard H8085 (H8799) adversity H7451 come H935 (H8802) one...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Job in Satan's seive. Family, property and health gone. His three friends. CHARACTERS: God, Job, Satan, Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar. CONCLUSION: One of the greatest evidences of God's love to t...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 2:1. _There was a day when the sons of God &c._ As on the former chapter, Job 2:6. Job 2:4. _Skin for skin._ Septuagint, “skin after skin.” Men's riches in the first periods of society very much c...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil._ JOB’S FRIENDS They had good intentions, and goodness of heart. We have here a striking instance of disinterested friendship. I. Its constancy....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CONCLUDING PART OF PROSE INTRODUCTION.—VISIT OF JOB’S FRIENDS_ I. The Friends. (Job 2:11.) “Now when Job’s three friends heard.” Rather, “three friends of Job.” Probably friends most intimate with hi...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOB 2:1 This chapter concludes the "Introductory section." It consists of three parts. Job 2:1 contain an account of Satan's second appearance in the courts of heaven, and of a second coll...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So back again to the heavenly scene. Another day and again the sons of God are presenting themselves before Jehovah, and Satan is coming with them to present himself before the LORD (Job 2:1). I hav...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 1:32; 1 Corinthians 12:26; Genesis 25:2; Genesis 36:11;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    JOB'S SORROWS AND SIGHS Job 2:9; Job 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In this study we will consider the verses which lie in the second chapter of Job beginning with verse nine where we left off in the forme...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    They — Who were persons eminent for birth and quality, for wisdom and knowledge, and for the profession of the true religion, being probably of the posterity of Abraham, a — kin to Job, and living in...

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