Bible Trivia Question

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 |

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

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

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

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