Job 2:11
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 2:11 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 2:11 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Elip..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 2:11 — KJV
“Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.”
— Job 2:11 (KJV)
Job 2:11 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 2:11
“Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. was...: Gr. voice was made confounded: or, troubled in mind”
Shares key themes with Job 2:11: now, heard, came
“So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job. Job: Heb. the face of Job”
Shares key themes with Job 2:11: job, eliphaz, temanite
“Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house: in: or, toward toward...: or, in this place”
Shares key themes with Job 2:11: now, every, one
“And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.”
Shares key themes with Job 2:11: now, heard, came
“And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. the shepherds: Gr. the men the shepherds”
Shares key themes with Job 2:11: now, come, came
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