Bible Trivia Question

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


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

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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How did Job's friends react when they first saw him after his afflictions?
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| The sons of God | The cherubim | The seraphim | The archangels |

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

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