Bible Trivia Question

Who is the first of Job's friends to respond to his opening lament?


Elihu the Buzite
Bildad the Shuhite
Zophar the Naamathite
Eliphaz the Temanite

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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What does Job curse in his opening speech?
| The day his children were born | The day he was married | The day he lost his wealth | The day of his birth |

Job expresses a longing for what state of existence in his lament?
| Peace | Health | Wealth | Death |

How did Job respond to the sores Satan inflicted on him?
| He cursed God | He sat among the ashes | He sought a physician | He hid from everyone |

What did Job lament over to begin with?
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How did Job's friends react when they first saw him after his afflictions?
| They offered him food and drink | They prayed silently | They wept aloud and tore their robes | They immediately questioned him |

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| Scroll | Shield | Scarlet thread | Pair of scales |

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

Who "wailed like the dragons" and "mourned like the owls" in his lament of the coming judgement on Israel and Judah?
| Hosea | Joel | Malachi | Micah |

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

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

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