Eliphaz אֱלִיפַז

Eliphaz the Temanite was one of Job's three friends who came to comfort him during his affliction.

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Where Eliphaz appears

Job (6)

Key verses

• Job 2:11 first mention — Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
• Job 4:1 — Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
• Job 15:1 — Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
• Job 22:1 — Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
• Job 42:7 — And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
• Job 42:9 — So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.