10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the (A)foolish women would speak. (B)Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?”[a] (C)In all this Job did not (D)sin with his lips.

Job's Three Friends

11 Now when Job's three (E)friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz (F)the Temanite, Bildad (G)the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to (H)show him sympathy and comfort him. 12 And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. And they raised their voices and wept, and they (I)tore their robes and sprinkled (J)dust on their heads toward heaven.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 2:10 Or disaster; also verse 11

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