11 Then (A)all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been his acquaintances before, came to him and ate food with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversity that the Lord had brought upon him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and each a ring of gold.

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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.

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When a man’s ways please the Lord,
He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

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13 “He(A) has removed my brothers far from me,
And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
14 My relatives have failed,
And my close friends have forgotten me.

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22 So it was, when the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden (A)nose ring weighing half a shekel, and two bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels of gold,

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Renew Your Spiritual Vitality(A)

12 Therefore (B)strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees,

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(A)Remember the prisoners as if chained with them—those who are mistreated—since you yourselves are in the body also.

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26 And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

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15 (A)Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

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(A)Strengthen the [a]weak hands,
And make firm the [b]feeble knees.
Say to those who are fearful-hearted,
“Be strong, do not fear!
Behold, your God will come with (B)vengeance,
With the recompense of God;
He will come and (C)save you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 35:3 Lit. sinking
  2. Isaiah 35:3 tottering or stumbling

But I would strengthen you with my mouth,
And the comfort of my lips would relieve your grief.

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Your words have upheld him who was stumbling,
And you (A)have strengthened the [a]feeble knees;

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Footnotes

  1. Job 4:4 Lit. bending

27 (A)But some (B)rebels said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him, (C)and brought him no presents. But he [a]held his peace.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 10:27 kept silent

32 (A)The bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, they buried at Shechem, in the plot of ground (B)which Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for one hundred [a]pieces of silver, and which had become an inheritance of the children of Joseph.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 24:32 Heb. qesitah, an unknown ancient measure of weight

35 And all his sons and all his daughters (A)arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, “For (B)I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.

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53 Then the servant brought out (A)jewelry of silver, jewelry of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave (B)precious things to her brother and to her mother.

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19 And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

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22 Did I ever say, ‘Bring something to me’?
Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth’?
23 Or, ‘Deliver me from the enemy’s hand’?
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of oppressors’?

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