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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| Those from Edom and Moab | Those from Haran and Nineveh | Those from Tema and Sheba | Those from Cush and Egypt |

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