Bible Trivia Question

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


To bring him gifts
To sympathize with him and comfort him
To accuse him of wrongdoing
To offer sacrifices on his behalf

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 prayed silently | They offered him food and drink | They wept aloud and tore their robes | They immediately questioned him |

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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