Job's Friends Arrive To Mourn
Hearing of all the adversity that had come upon him, Job's three friends—Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar—have arrived. Seeing him from a distance, they did not even recognize him due to his severe physical affliction. They wept, tore their robes, threw dust on their heads, and sat down on the ground with him for seven days and nights without speaking a single word.
"And they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights with no one speaking a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great."
— Job 2:13
— Job 2:13
Timeline Box:
The initial silence of Job's friends demonstrated profound grief before their later, flawed theological arguments.
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