The difference between job and his three friends knowable word. Eliphaz the temanite, in the old testament book of job chapters 4, 5, 15, 22, one of three friends who sought to console job, who is a biblical archetype of unmerited suffering. Eliphaz, bildad, and zophar obeyed the lord, and he answered jobs prayer. He is called the shuhite, probably as belonging to shuah, a district in arabia, in which shuah, the sixth son of abraham by keturah, settled genesis 25. American standard version now when job s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place. The three friends of job represent three ways of solving the mysterious problems of divine government in the affairs of men.
He also wanted job to repent so god would restore his blessings. The identity of leviathan and the meaning of the book of job. God is just, and job must have done something to offend him. He was the third to speak and the harshest accuser. New american standard version so eliphaz the temanite and bildad the shuhite and zophar the naamathite went and did as the lord told them. Job chapter 26 explained discover the 66 books of the bible. Despite minor differences, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar have one view of the problem of job s afflictions.
At the end of job 2, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar enter stage left. Like the other two comforters, bildad and eliphaz, zophar emphasizes an old hebrew conceptsuffering is the inevitable lot of the evil man. Eliphaz the temanite, bildad the shuhite, and zophar the naamathite. He took part in each of the three controversies into which job s friends entered with him job 8. They had agreed together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him. Eliphaz represents the biblical or rabbinic traditionjob is being punished for his sins. I encourage you to marinate in the poetry and discover the main ideas for yourself. They made an appointment together to come to condole with him and comfort him. Of course, he is human and he did realize his faults at the end of the book, but his reactions to the death and suffering around him just amaze me. Job bible study outlinecontents by chapter and verse. In verse 6, he states, know then that god exacts of you less than your guilt deserves esv. Job is suffering, therefore job is being punished for wrong doing.
Job pokes fun at bildad asking him what spirit revealed it to him because he recognizes the argument as eliphaz s spiritual revelation. But they didnt actually comfort him at all, when we see the way they spoke to him later on. Eliphaz, bildad, and zopharfalse accusers book of job. Dec 29, 2011 the book of job wednesday evening at calvary chapel spring valley, las vegas, nevada with pastor derek neider. Zophar the naamathite is the symbol of human merit or moral law. Elihu was also angry at eliphaz, bildad, and zophar because they had failed to solve the controversy they had found no answer, while at the same time they were in elihus opinion too harsh against job and yet had condemned job. Eliphaz, bildad, and zophar did what the lord had told them to do, and the lord answered job s prayer. Why was god angry about what eliphaz, bildad, and zophar said to job. Eliphaz the temanite was one of job s three friends who showed up to comfort job but ended up adding to his misery by asserting that job s suffering was a punishment for secret sin.
The book of job wednesday evening at calvary chapel spring valley, las vegas, nevada with pastor derek neider. If eliphaz words are suspect, then everything that bildad, zophar, elihu and job said, is suspect. So eliphaz the temanite and bildad the shuhite and zophar the naamathite went and did what the lord had told them. This wisdom is the result of ages of thought and experience compare job 15. Job s three friends eliphaz, bildad and zophar by zac poonen when job s three friends eliphaz, bildad and zophar heard of his adversity, they came to visit him, saying they wanted to comfort him job 2. It is common to view the narrative frame as the original core of the book, enlarged later by the poetic dialogues and discourses, and sections of the book such as the elihu speeches and the wisdom poem of chapter 28 as late insertions, but recent trends have tended to concentrate on the. So eliphaz the temanite and bildad the shuhite and zophar the naamathite went and did what the lord had told them, and the lord. Like the others, bildad and zophar, eliphaz assumes that all suffering is. Bildad the shuhite is the symbol of human tradition or philosophy. So eliphaz, bildad, and zophar were not able to sustain their theory in the face of. If so, this may roughly indicate the date of the book. Famed as the antiheroes of the book of job, eliphaz the temanite, bildad the shuhite and zophar the naamathite deliver some of the longest uninterrupted monologues of the whole bible, speaking expansively on issues pertaining to the character of god, the nature of morality and justice, the essence and attainment of wisdom, the dynamics of.
In the very first book of the bible, we see the beginning of the modern health. Outwardly good, he is, they hold, really a bad man. Job showed us a great model of what we should all look like in the face of the storms and tragedies of this life. Describe eliphaz and tell what he thought about job. In job 32 elihu focuses his response on rebuking job s three friends, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar. What did jobs three friends have wrong, and what did they. Eliphaz, job, bildad, job the third cycle gets cut short, and zophar never gets his third moment of fame. Sep 12, 20 what do i do with eliphaz, bildad and zophar. But the writer of the book of job is not satisfied to live that way.
Job 32 scofield reference bible commentary bible study tools. King james version so eliphaz the temanite and bildad the shuhite and zophar the naamathite went, and did according as the lord commanded them. Jan 02, 2020 it is unwise to pull an isolated verse from the book of job and use it to understand godif the verse comes from a speech of eliphaz, bildad, or zophar, then we have no guarantee that it accurately reflects the character of god. After eliphaz and bildad, zophar spoke third in offering advice to job. What did jobs three friends have wrong, and what did they have. This article is not a discourse on the whole book of job in the bible, but only concerns the second half of chapter 4, where one of job s friends explains a dream he once had. Like eliphaz, hes putting it on job to admit fault, suck it up, and start over. Eliphaz the temanite, and bildad the shuhite, and zophar the naamathite. Describe zophar and tell what he thought about job 6. So eliphaz the temanite and bildad the shuhite and zophar the naamathite went, and did according as the lord commanded them. Although quickwitted, and quick to respond, eliphaz loses his composure in chapter 22, accusing job of oppressing widows and orphans, a far cry from how he had originally described job.
Accused job of empty talk and told him to put away his evil practices. Eliphaz the temanite, bildad the shuhite, and zophar the naamathite are often. He too thought job sinned and was being disciplined. These were the days before scripture, so the word of god takes the form of. The book of job consists of a prose prologue and epilogue narrative framing poetic dialogues and monologues. Now, on top of all jobs sufferings, he was getting tested from eliphaz, bildad, and zophar. When jobs three friends eliphaz, bildad and zophar heard of his adversity, they. Like the others, bildad and zophar, eliphaz assumes that all suffering is punishment for wrong doing.
Despite minor differences, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar have one view of the problem of jobs afflictions. Three of jobs friends were eliphaz, from the city of teman, bildad, from the land. This fourth question, here in verse four, seems rather sarcastic job, do you. Eliphaz the temanite, bildad the shuhite, and zophar the naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.
Their names were eliphaz the temanite, bildad the shuhite, and zophar the. Zophar is portrayed as more hotheaded than his two friends. Eliphaz the temanite is the symbol of human experience or history. Also against his three friends his wrath was aroused. Now when job s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place. In this study of the words of eliphaz, we will discover things he said that we believe reflected his wrong concepts and his erroneous theology of suffering. It is unwise to pull an isolated verse from the book of job and use it to. Zophar did not use correct bible doctrine for the situation. Three of job s companions, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar, arrive to comfort him, sitting with job in silence for seven days out of reverence for his grieving. Now when job s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, they came each one from his own place, eliphaz the temanite, bildad the shuhite and zophar the naamathite.
Giving the strongest of the three initial speeches, zophar declares that job deserved even worse than what he got. In job 3237 elihu offers a response to job that lifts up the lord, condemns job s three friends, and rightly confronts job. World english bible and they go eliphaz the temanite, and bildad the shuhite, zophar the naamathite and do as jehovah hath spoken unto them. The word temanite probably indicates that he was an edomite, or member of a palestinian people descended from esau. Eliphaz the temanite, and bildad the shuhite, and zophar the naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him. As with any single verse, we must look at the context. More insights from your bible study get started with logos bible software.
Jobs three friends eliphaz, bildad and zophar sermon index. So eliphaz the temanite and bildad the shuhite and zophar the naamathite went, and did what yahweh commanded them, and yahweh accepted job. On the seventh day, job talks, starting a discussion in which each of the four men shares his reflections on job s troubles in poetic descriptions. The friend believes it is divine wisdom from god, and we will examine the dream to see if that is. Describe bildad and tell what he thought about job.