Job 8:1

Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.

Of Edom, Yahweh of Armies says: “Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?

The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.

These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,

The sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.

The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them.

But as for you all, come back. I will not find a wise man among you.

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, and their righteousness is of me,” says Yahweh.

Your mighty men, Teman, will be dismayed, to the end that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

Jesus answered, “This man didn’t sin, nor did his parents; but, that the works of God might be revealed in him.

When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. When one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz. Basemath bore Reuel.

Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.

All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” His father wept for him.

He said to them, “Yahweh is witness against you, and his anointed is witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.” They said, “He is witness.”

Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

Then Job answered,

“To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

Do you intend to reprove words, since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?

Although you know that I am not wicked, there is no one who can deliver out of your hand.

Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,

But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,

What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you.

But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value.

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

“I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!

My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,

All my familiar friends abhor me. They whom I loved have turned against me.

“Have pity on me. Have pity on me, you my friends; for the hand of God has touched me.

“Behold, I know your thoughts, the plans with which you would wrong me.

So how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?”

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.

For he adds rebellion to his sin. He claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.”

It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.

So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did what Yahweh commanded them, and Yahweh accepted Job.

Against you, and you only, I have sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight, so you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.

A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster. A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.

These two things have happened to you— who will grieve with you?— desolation and destruction, and famine and the sword. How can I comfort you?

Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.

Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.