Eliphaz the temanite, in the old testament book of job chapters 4, 5, 15, 22, one. In job 3237 elihu offers a response to job that lifts up the lord, condemns jobs three friends, and rightly confronts job. Eliphaz, bildad, and zopharpeople wey blame job bible book. Be careful of the folly of eliphaz, bildad, zophar jobs.
Eliphaz in the bible, jobs friends in the bible tpf. The names of his friends are eliphaz, bildad, and zophar. Bildads logical but flawed conclusion is that job must have sinned to deserve his current pain. Every major character in the bookjob, eliphaz, bildad, zophar, and. Where did god accuse eliphaz of not speaking the truth. They believed there were no exceptions to the rule that god blesses good people and punishes bad people in this life. He appears in the book of job in the hebrew bible eliphaz appears mild and modest. His three speeches were shorter and more hurtful than those of eliphaz. Eliphaz, bildad, and zophar obeyed the lord, and he answered jobs prayer.
New king james so eliphaz the temanite and bildad the shuhite and zophar the naamathite went and did as the lord commanded them. Jobs friends came to counsel him eliphaz, bildad, zophar a fourth person, elihu appears later in the book. But the writer of the book of job is not satisfied to live that way. Unlike friends bildad and eliphaz, zophar only speaks twice to job. The hebrew book of job is part of ketuvim writings of the jewish bible. Job keeps on saying that he is good but he starts to wonder if god really is good. Jobs friend eliphaz started the first set of speeches by telling job that he needs only to admit his sin, god would release him from his affliction. When jobs three friends, eliphaz the temanite, bildad the shuhite and zophar the naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they. Bildad as a sage who looks to the authority of tradition, and zophar the book of job. 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.
Most of the book tells about job and his friends talking. After the lord allowed satan to afflict job, three of his friends, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar, came to comfort him. Now when jobs three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place. So far, eliphaz and bildad have answered job and now it is zophars turn.
Eliphaz, bildad, and zophar, three companions of job, come together by appointment to sympathize with him 2. They dont seem to believe that mans righteousness ultimately makes any difference because mans sins completely eclipse any good that a man might do see job 25. Each man urged job to repent so that god would have mercy on him. Job pokes fun at bildad asking him what spirit revealed it to him because he recognizes the argument as eliphaz s spiritual revelation. It is because job is the king that the other men arrive to try and force him to step down. E fit be sey na from teman wey dey edom e come from. Bildad s arguments with job reveal him to be a sage who looks to the authority of tradition.
Be careful of the folly of eliphaz, bildad, zophar jobs friends. The majority of the debate section of the book of job is in the form of. Job 9 voice much like eliphaz, bildad believes bible gateway. His comments can be found in job chapter 11 and 20. He took part in each of the three controversies into which jobs friends entered with him job 8. The characters in the book of job consist of job, his wife, his three friends bildad, eliphaz, and zophar, a man named elihu, god, and angels one of whom is named satan. 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. Now when job s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place. But they didnt actually comfort him at all, when we see the way they spoke to him later on. Like the other two comforters, bildad and eliphaz, zophar emphasizes an old hebrew conceptsuffering is the inevitable lot of the evil man.
God, job, bildad, elihu, satan, eliphaz, and zophar. Eliphaz, bildad and zophar 1 ancient pagan religions prescribed three treatments for those in jobs condition. Eliphaz, bildad, and zopharpeople wey blame job bible. But his justification of that suffering is different. Addressing the problem of theodicy the vindication of the justice of god in the light of humanitys suffering it is a rich theological work setting out a variety of perspectives. Book of job simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. E be like sey na im old pass among the three people wey come try.
Judges, samuel, and kingsor the latter prophetswhich exhort israel to. It would be unusual for a father and his son zophar of ge. How have the religious leaders of christendom in particular played the counterparts of eliphaz, bildad and zophar. All three friends believed that the unrighteous suffer. Elihu talks to job while eliphaz, bildad, and zophar look. Eliphaz, bildad, and zopharfalse accusers book of job. Eliphaz from the land of teman, bildad, a descendant of shuah, and zophar from naamah did not recognize the diseasewasted job at first sight 31. In his first reply to jobs complaints, he argues that those who are truly good are never entirely forsaken by providence, but that punishment may justly be inflicted for secret sins. Bildad is the second friend to speak to job, picking up where eliphaz left off. Bildad, in the old testament, one of the three principal comforters of job. Jobs three friends, eliphaz, bildad and zophar used similar arguments in attempting to answer job. Elihu is identified only as the son of barakel the buzite, of the family of ram job 32. He suggests that job s suffering could be divine punishment, and goes into great detail about the consequences of living a life of sin. Strongs exhaustive concordance of the bible, numbered to the hebrew, chaldee, and greek, and english, coded to the strongs concordance numbers.
These guys have plenty to say, and job isnt their biggest fan. Now when jobs three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, eliphaz the temanite, bildad the shuhite, and zophar the naamathite. Jobs three friends eliphaz, bildad and zophar by zac poonen when jobs three friends eliphaz, bildad and zophar heard of his adversity, they came to visit him, saying they wanted to comfort him job 2. And in their great sorrow, they tore their clothes, then sprinkled dust on their heads and cried bitterly. 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.
Towards the end of the book, jobs friends start to think that job is not good because a lot of bad things are happening to him. Yet, we find that of these fortytwo chapters, that in chapters 4 through 37, we are given the back and forth discussions between job and his four friends three of whom eliphaz, bildad, and zophar spent considerable time wrongly accusing job of many things that in their minds had caused god to turn from job and to bring all this pain and. The book of job the books of reference used for this study of the book of psalms were the bible, king james version, called the companion bible, publisher kregel. He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings upon the. Who was job, when did he live, and where did he live. Bildads arguments with job reveal him to be a sage who looks to the authority of tradition. The book of job, book of hebrew scripture that is often counted among the. It takes about 75 minutes to read it through aloud. However, it can be helpful to understand general information about the geography and history of the area to give you a context for reading and studying the book of job.
Tf the purpose of the book of job is to explore gods policies concerning justice, especially in relation to the suffering of the righteous. So eliphaz the temanite, bildad the shuhite and zophar the naamathite did what the lord told them. What do you do with your religious friends who criticize you unfairly. At this point, we hope that you have read the whole book 23 times. On the seventh day, job speaks, beginning a conversation in which each of the four men shares his thoughts on jobs afflictions in. There is limited information in the book of job about its geographical and historical background. Much like eliphaz, bildad believes people suffer as a result of their own sins. Eliphaz, bildad, and zophar all question the necessity of mans righteousness in relationship to his salvation. Not much is known about job based on the masoretic text of the jewish bible. When jobas three friends eliphaz, bildad and zophar heard of his adversity, they came to visit him, saying they wanted to comfort him job 2.
Towards the end of the book, job s friends start to think that job is not good because a lot of bad things are happening to him. Every major character in the bookjob, eliphaz, bildad, zophar, and elihuassumed that god governed humankind on the basis of retribution. On the seventh day, job speaks, beginning a conversation in which each of the four men shares his thoughts on jobs afflictions in long, poetic statements. Please login register or post pronunciation as guest. So eliphaz the temanite and bildad the shuhite and zophar the naamathite went, and did what yahweh commanded them, and yahweh accepted job. It begins with an introduction to jobs characterhe. The text of job does not establish for certain whether eliphaz, bildad, and zophar were privy to gods dramatic selfrevelation that is recorded in the book s closing chapters 3841, whereby job is brought to silent contrition for his unfettered complaints against the almighty and ultimately to a humble acceptance of gods good.
Good news translation eliphaz, bildad, and zophar did what the lord had told them to do, and the lord answered jobs prayer. Speeches of eliphaz, bildad, and zophar jobs friends do not waver from their belief that job must have sinned to incite gods punishment. So eliphaz the temanite and bildad the shuhite and zophar the naamathite went, and did according as the lord commanded them. Implied that jobs sons had sinned and deserved the calamity that struck them and suggested that job himself was godless. Bildad zophar elihu eliphaz, bildad, and zophar all of above. Job had three friends visit him, eliphaz, bildad and zophar. Because he is so perfectly just, god will not punish someone who is also just. However, all three wrongly assumed that jobs suffering was the result of some hidden sin. He is the most impetuous and dogmatic of the three. Three of jobs friends, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar, come to visit him, sitting with job in silence for seven days out of respect for his mourning. Jobs friend zophar was perhaps this individual, the grandson of esau. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times.
God and satan, in these chapters, is parabolic, like that of micaiah 1 kings xxii. Apr 28, 2016 elihu talks to job while eliphaz, bildad, and zophar look on stay safe and healthy. But they didnat actually comfort him at all, when we see the way they spoke to him later on. Sep 12, 20 what do you do with your religious friends who criticize you unfairly. Jobas three friends eliphaz, bildad and zophar zac poonen. Eliphaz the temanite, and bildad the shuhite, and zophar the naamathite. Eliphaz thought that job must have sinned and that was why he was suffering. Naked i came from my mothers womb, and naked i will depart. The book of job is not only the finest expression of the hebrew poetic genius. In job 32 elihu focuses his response on rebuking jobs three friends, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar. 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. So eliphaz, bildad, and zophar were not able to sustain their theory in the face of.
The force of job s protest is all the greater because it is set against the conventional pieties of his comforters, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar, who respond to each of his laments with blind insistence that, if god punishes job, job must deserve it somehow. Only eliphaz and nehemiah only elihu and habakkuk habakkuk, nehemiah, and zophar isaiah, bildad, and ezekiel ezekiel, zophar, obadiah, and isaiah bildad, elihu, eliphaz, and zophar. Throughout the book of job, this is the major question that god is answering. World english bible and they go eliphaz the temanite, and bildad the shuhite, zophar the naamathite and do as jehovah hath spoken unto them. Jan 02, 2020 elihu is identified only as the son of barakel the buzite, of the family of ram job 32. So we will look at zophars speech in job chapter 11 and how he seeks to reel in job. In the land of uz there lived a man whose name was job. Like the other two comforters, bildad and eliphaz, zophar emphasizes an old hebrew conceptsuffering is the inevitable lot of the evil m. After eliphaz and bildad, zophar spoke third in offering advice to job. Do you tolerate them, react sharply to them or throw them out of your home.
Giving the strongest of the three initial speeches, zophar declares that job deserved even worse than what he got. 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. 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. Preparing for unit 2 bible test flashcards quizlet. Eliphaz, bildad, zophar three of jobs friends, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar, come to visit him, sitting with job in silence for seven days out of respect for his mourning. I can visualize this interaction where eliphaz sits down looking exasperated at jobs response to him. Implied that job s sons had sinned and deserved the calamity that struck them and suggested that job himself was godless. As the speeches progress, jobs friends increasingly berate him for refusing to confess his sins, although they themselves are at a loss as to which sin he has committed.
Eliphaz, bildad, and zophar article about eliphaz, bildad. The work is grouped with proverbs and ecclesiastes as a product of the wisdom movement, even though it contains what might be called an antiwisdom strain in that the hero. Contextual overview 11 eliphaz from teman, bildad from shuah, and zophar from naamah were three of jobs friends, and they heard about his troubles. He is the chief cornerstone, while eliphaz, bildad, and zophar are his three mighty men, the other corners of the realm. Elihu talks to job while eliphaz, bildad, and zophar look on. Two factors characterizing the style and content of the book of job include its limited source of knowledge and a timid hebrew writing style. On the seventh day, job speaks, beginning a conversation in which each of the four men share their thoughts on.
Jan 02, 2020 after eliphaz and bildad, zophar spoke third in offering advice to job. Eliphaz was the oldest and considered the wisest of the three. The author of the book of job was a hebrew poet who had an extensive vocabulary. This wisdom is the result of ages of thought and experience compare job 15.