Job, With Friends Like These Who Needs Enemies?  Hal Warren's
picture  When Job's three friends heard about all this calamity
that had happened to him, each of them came from his own
country– Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar
the Naamathite. They met together to come to show sympathy for
him and to console him. But when they gazed intently from a
distance but did not recognize him, they began to weep loudly.
Each of them tore his robes, and they threw dust into the air
over their heads. Then they sat down with him on the ground for
seven days and seven nights, yet no one spoke a word to him, for
they saw that his pain was very great. (Job 2:11-13)  Enter the
“friends” of Job to provide comfort.  Have you ever needed
someone to hear what you have to say (e.g., your spouse) and all
they want to do is give you advice?  Yes, we are bad like that
and so are Job’s friends.  Remember, God did not like anything
these three men had to say about Him (Job 42:7).  Topical Index
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