10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish[a] woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”(A)

In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.(B)

11 When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite,(C) Bildad the Shuhite(D) and Zophar the Naamathite,(E) heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.(F) 12 When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him;(G) they began to weep aloud,(H) and they tore their robes(I) and sprinkled dust on their heads.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 2:10 The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency.

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