Bible Trivia Question

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


Zophar the Naamathite
Elihu the Buzite
Bildad the Shuhite
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 of his birth | The day he lost his wealth | The day he was married |

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

How did Job respond to the sores Satan inflicted on him?
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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?
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| Shield | Scarlet thread | Scroll | Pair of scales |

Which of Job’s friends is the first mentioned in Job 2?
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Who "wailed like the dragons" and "mourned like the owls" in his lament of the coming judgement on Israel and Judah?
| Malachi | Joel | Micah | Hosea |

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

Job claims that his friends' advice has been as nourishing as what?
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