Bible Trivia Question

Job compares his friends' failure to support him to the disappointment of which travellers?


Those from Edom and Moab
Those from Tema and Sheba
Those from Cush and Egypt
Those from Haran and Nineveh

Those from Tema and Sheba

Job 6:19-20 - Job uses the image of travelers from Tema and Sheba, who expect water from streams but find them dry, to highlight how unreliable his friends have been during his suffering.

Similar Trivia Questions

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

After seeing the destruction of Jericho and Ai, the inhabitants of which city pretended to be travellers from a far off land to make a covenant of peace with the Israelites?
| Gibeon | Gidom | Gilead | Gath |

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

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 |

Jacob's and Esau's families separated from each other as they had become too big for the land to support them?
| True | False |

Who Am I? : In the battle against the Amalekites I helped to support Moses' arms, holding them aloft with Aaron. Later when Moses went up Mt. Sinai I was left in charge of the encampment.

Eliphaz compares the wicked to being crushed like what?
| A stone | A moth | A serpent | A reed |

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

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

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

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