Bible Trivia Question

Which of Job’s friends is the first mentioned in Job 2?


Zophar the Naamathite
Elihu the Buzite
Bildad the Shuhite
Eliphaz the Temanite

Eliphaz the Temanite

Job 2:11 - Eliphaz the Temanite is the first of Job’s friends mentioned, coming with Bildad and Zophar to offer comfort after hearing of Job’s suffering.

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Which heavenly beings are mentioned in the first chapter of Job?
| The seraphim | The archangels | The sons of God | The cherubim |

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| Eliphaz | Bildad | Zophar | Ahaziah |

Job compares his friends' failure to support him to the disappointment of which travellers?
| Those from Haran and Nineveh | Those from Cush and Egypt | Those from Edom and Moab | Those from Tema and Sheba |

When Job's friends arrived, for how long did they sit in silence?
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