Job 2:11
New Living Translation
Job’s Three Friends Share His Anguish
11 When three of Job’s friends heard of the tragedy he had suffered, they got together and traveled from their homes to comfort and console him. Their names were Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite.
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Job 6:5
New Living Translation
5 Don’t I have a right to complain?
Don’t wild donkeys bray when they find no grass,
and oxen bellow when they have no food?
Job 8:4
New Living Translation
4 Your children must have sinned against him,
so their punishment was well deserved.
Job 6:14
New Living Translation
14 “One should be kind to a fainting friend,
but you accuse me without any fear of the Almighty.[a]
Footnotes
- 6:14 Or friend, / or he might lose his fear of the Almighty.
Job 6:21
New Living Translation
21 You, too, have given no help.
You have seen my calamity, and you are afraid.
Job 11:2-3
New Living Translation
2 “Shouldn’t someone answer this torrent of words?
Is a person proved innocent just by a lot of talking?
3 Should I remain silent while you babble on?
When you mock God, shouldn’t someone make you ashamed?
Job 13:5-6
New Living Translation
5 If only you could be silent!
That’s the wisest thing you could do.
6 Listen to my charge;
pay attention to my arguments.
Job 19:2-3
New Living Translation
2 “How long will you torture me?
How long will you try to crush me with your words?
3 You have already insulted me ten times.
You should be ashamed of treating me so badly.
Job 19:13-20
New Living Translation
13 “My relatives stay far away,
and my friends have turned against me.
14 My family is gone,
and my close friends have forgotten me.
15 My servants and maids consider me a stranger.
I am like a foreigner to them.
16 When I call my servant, he doesn’t come;
I have to plead with him!
17 My breath is repulsive to my wife.
I am rejected by my own family.
18 Even young children despise me.
When I stand to speak, they turn their backs on me.
19 My close friends detest me.
Those I loved have turned against me.
20 I have been reduced to skin and bones
and have escaped death by the skin of my teeth.
Job 21:34
New Living Translation
34 “How can your empty clichés comfort me?
All your explanations are lies!”
Job 1:9
New Living Translation
9 Satan replied to the Lord, “Yes, but Job has good reason to fear God.
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