SEV Biblia, Chapter 2:11
¶ Y tres amigos de Job, Elifaz temanita, y Bildad suhita, y Zofar naamatita, luego que oyeron todo este mal que le había sobrevenido, vinieron cada uno de su lugar; porque habían concertado de venir juntos a condolerse de él, y a consolarle.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Job 2:11
Verse 11. Job's three friends ] The first was Eliphaz the Temanite; or, as the Septuagint has it, elifaz o qaimanwn basileuv, Eliphaz the king on the Thaimanites. Eliphaz was one of the sons of Esau; and Teman, of Eliphaz, Gen. xxxvi. 10, 11. Teman was a city of Edom, Jer. xlix. 7-20; Ezek. xxv. 13; Amos i. 11, 12. Bildad the Shuhite ] Or, as the Septuagint, baldad o sucewn turannov, Baldad, tyrant of the Suchites. Shuah was the son of Abraham by Keturah: and his posterity is reckoned among the Easterns. It is supposed he should be placed with his brother Midian, and his brother's sons Sheba and Dedan. See Genesis xxv. 2, 3. Dedan was a city of Edom, see Jer. xlix. 8, and seems to have been situated in its southern boundary, as Teman was in its western. Ezek. xxv. 13.
Zophar the Naamathite ] Or, according to the Septuagint, swfar minaiwn basileuv, Sophar king of the Minaites. He most probably came from that Naamah, which was bordering upon the Edomites to the south and fell by lot to the tribe of Judah, Josh. xv. 21-41. These circumstances, which have already been mentioned in the introduction, prove that Job must have dwelt in the land of Edom, and that all his friends dwelt in Arabia Petraea, or in the countries immediately adjacent.
That some of those Eastern people were highly cultivated, we have at least indirect proof in the case of the Temanites, Jeremiah xlix. 7: Concerning Edom thus saith the Lord of hosts, Is wisdom no more in Teman? Is counsel perished from the prudent? Is their wisdom vanished? They are celebrated also in Baruch iii. 22, 23. Speaking of wisdom he says: It hath not been heard of in Chanaan; neither hath it been seen in Theman. The Agarenes that seek wisdom upon earth, the merchants of Meran and of Theman, the expounders of fables, and searchers out of understanding, none of these have known the way of wisdom. It is evident enough from these quotations that the inhabitants of those districts were celebrated for their knowledge; and the sayings of Job's three friends are proofs that their reputation for wisdom stood on a very solid foundation.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 11-13 - The friends of Job seem noted for their rank, as well as for wisdom an piety. Much of the comfort of this life lies in friendship with the prudent and virtuous. Coming to mourn with him, they vented grief whic they really felt. Coming to comfort him, they sat down with him. I would appear that they suspected his unexampled troubles were judgment for some crimes, which he had vailed under his professions of godliness. Many look upon it only as a compliment to visit their friends in sorrow; we must look life. And if the example of Job' friends is not enough to lead us to pity the afflicted, let us seek the mind that was in Christ __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
וישׁמעו 8085 שׁלשׁת 7969 רעי 7453 איוב 347 את 853 כל 3605 הרעה 7451 הזאת 2063 הבאה 935 עליו 5921 ויבאו 935 אישׁ 376 ממקמו 4725 אליפז 464 התימני 8489 ובלדד 1085 השׁוחי 7747 וצופר 6691 הנעמתי 5284 ויועדו 3259 יחדו 3162 לבוא 935 לנוד 5110 לו ולנחמו׃ 5162
