Bible Trivia Question

What was the purpose of Job's friends visiting him?


To sympathize with him and comfort him
To offer sacrifices on his behalf
To bring him gifts
To accuse him of wrongdoing

To sympathize with him and comfort him

Job 2:11 - Job’s friends visited him to sympathize with him and comfort him in his time of intense suffering, though their conversations would later take a different tone.

Similar Trivia Questions

How did Job's friends react when they first saw him after his afflictions?
| They wept aloud and tore their robes | They prayed silently | They offered him food and drink | They immediately questioned him |

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

When Job's friends arrived, for how long did they sit in silence?
| One day | Seven days | Six hours | One hour |

Why was Elihu angry with Job's three friends?
| They had been rude to Job | They had blamed Job for everything | They had found no answer for Job | They had not listened to Job |

Friends of Job - which is the odd one out?
| Ahaziah | Eliphaz | Zophar | Bildad |

Which of Job’s friends is the first mentioned in Job 2?
| Zophar the Naamathite | Elihu the Buzite | Eliphaz the Temanite | Bildad the Shuhite |

Who is the first of Job's friends to respond to his opening lament?
| Eliphaz the Temanite | Zophar the Naamathite | Bildad the Shuhite | Elihu the Buzite |

Job compares his friends' help to what unreliable natural phenomenon?
| A fleeting breeze | A dry stream | A setting sun | A crumbling mountain |

Job claims that his friends' advice has been as nourishing as what?
| Honey | Tasteless food | A bitter herb | Rotten fruit |

Why did Job’s friends sit with him in silence for seven days?
| They were observing a religious tradition | They were unsure of what to say | They wanted to respect his mourning | They saw how great his suffering was |

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