Bible Trivia Question

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


To offer sacrifices on his behalf
To sympathize with him and comfort him
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 offered him food and drink | They wept aloud and tore their robes | They prayed silently | They immediately questioned him |

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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