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 Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

Cross-references

Job 42:7 Contrast

In Job 42:7, God rebukes the same three friends for misrepresenting Him, contrasting their initial role as comforters.

Job 19:21 Contrast

In Job 19:21, Job pleads for pity from the same friends who came to comfort him, highlighting their failure to truly comfort.

Job 8:1 Historical context

In Job 8:1, Bildad begins his first speech — one of the three friends introduced in Job 2:11 as coming to comfort Job.

Job 13:4 Contrast

In Job 13:4, Job denounces these same friends as 'worthless physicians' — a stark reversal from their initial role as comforters.

Job 15:1 Historical context

In Job 15:1, the same friend Eliphaz begins his second speech, continuing the dialogue that started in Job 2:11.

Job 16:2 Contrast

In Job 16:2, Job calls these friends 'miserable comforters' — directly contrasting the comfort they were supposed to bring.

Job 18:1 Historical context

In Job 18:1, Bildad speaks again — another speech from the same friend mentioned in Job 2:11.

Job 19:19 Contrast

Job 19:19 intensifies the betrayal: those who came as friends in 2:11 are now described as abhorring and turning against him.

Job 20:1 Parallel

Job 20:1 begins Zophar's second speech, continuing the role of the friend from Job 2:11.

Job 4:1 Historical context

Job 4:1 begins Eliphaz's response — the first speech from the friends introduced in Job 2:11, showing the transition from comfort to accusation.

Job 6:21 Contrast

In Job 6:21, Job says his friends have become treacherous — a direct contrast to their initial mission of comfort.

Job 11:1 Parallel

Job 11:1 begins Zophar's first speech, one of the three friends introduced in Job 2:11.

Job 6:14 Contrast

Job 6:14 laments friends who withhold kindness, contrasting the initial sympathy in 2:11 with the later failure of the same friends.

Job 16:20 Contrast

Job 16:20 reveals that the friends who came to comfort in 2:11 later scorn him, showing the deterioration of their support.

Job 42:11 Parallel

In Job 42:11, Job's family and acquaintances come to comfort him after restoration — similar to the friends' initial visit in Job 2:11.

John 11:19 Parallel

John 11:19 shows people coming to comfort Mary and Martha after Lazarus's death — a direct parallel to Job's friends comforting him.

Romans 12:15 commands mourning with those who mourn — exactly the comfort mission of Job's friends in Job 2:11.

Proverbs 17:17 defines true friendship as constant love in adversity — a standard Job's friends initially meet but later fail.

Proverbs 27:10 advises staying loyal to friends in calamity; Job's friends come, fulfilling the letter but not the spirit of true loyalty.

1 Corinthians 12:26 teaches sharing in suffering — reflecting the friends' intent to sympathize with Job in Job 2:11.

Jeremiah 49:7 questions the wisdom of Teman, the home of Job's friend Eliphaz, who also claimed wisdom but was later rebuked.

Hebrews 13:3 commands empathetic suffering with others — a standard that Job's friends initially aimed for but later abandoned.

Isaiah 51:19 asks who will comfort Jerusalem after calamity — echoing the comfort theme of Job's friends' visit.

Proverbs 18:24 contrasts fair-weather companions with a true friend; Job's friends initially came but later proved unreliable.

In 1 Chronicles 7:22, Ephraim mourns and his brothers come to comfort him — a parallel to Job’s friends coming to comfort him.

Genesis 37:35 shows Jacob refusing comfort for Joseph — a parallel to Job's suffering, though his friends came to comfort him.

Genesis 36:15 Historical context

Genesis 36:15 lists Teman as a chief among Esau's descendants, linking to the origin of Eliphaz the Temanite in Job 2:11.

Genesis 36:11 Historical context

Genesis 36:11 lists Teman as a son of Eliphaz, providing the genealogical origin of Job's friend Eliphaz the Temanite.