²² Then Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

Job’s Three Friends

¹¹ Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, each one came from his own place—Eliphaz the ^(A)Temanite, Bildad the ^(B)Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment together to come ^(C)and mourn with him, and to comfort him.

³⁴ Then Jacob ^(A)tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and ^(B)mourned for his son many days.