Bible Trivia Question

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

Eliphaz the Temanite

Job 4:1 - Eliphaz the Temanite is the first of Job's friends to speak, beginning a series of dialogues where he attempts to explain Job's suffering.

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