Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of Job
Chapter 2  -  Read Chapter
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 2:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:11 JFB -> Commentary on 2:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:11 TSK -> Commentary on 2:11 TSK -> Entry for 2:11 WEN -> Notes on 2:11 NTB -> Bildad; Condolence; Eliphaz; Friendship; Job; Sympathy; Teman; Zophar TTT -> Compassion and Sympathy; Edomites, The EBD -> Naamathite; Shuhite; Temanite; Zophar SBD -> Bildad; Mourning; Naamathite; Zophar 2:11 - [In Context] Three of Job's friends were Eliphaz from Teman, Bildad from Shuah, and Zophar from Naamah. These three friends heard about all the bad things that happened to Job. These three friends left their homes and met together. They agreed to go and show sympathy to Job and to comfort him.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 2:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:12 JFB -> Commentary on 2:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:12 TSK -> Commentary on 2:12 TSK -> Entry for 2:12 WEN -> Notes on 2:12 NTB -> Dust; Friendship; Job; Mantle; Mourning; Rending; Sympathy EBD -> Cloak; Hannah; Mantle; Mourn SBD -> Mourning 2:12 - [In Context] But when the three friends saw Job from far away, they were not sure it was Job--he looked so different! They began to cry loudly. They tore their clothes and threw dirt in the air and on their heads {to show they were sad and upset}.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 2:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:13 JFB -> Commentary on 2:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:13 TSK -> Commentary on 2:13 TSK -> Entry for 2:13 WEN -> Notes on 2:13 NTB -> Friendship; Job; Seven; Sympathy 2:13 - [In Context] Then the three friends sat on the ground with Job for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to Job, because they saw Job was suffering so much.

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.