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Job 2:11

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.

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Ephrem The Syrian

AD 373

In the meantime, while the friends investigated Job’s case and made preparations for their journey, there is no doubt that many days passed. They were all lords and men of princely rank. Job’s three friends signified the class of the high priests, the priests and the prophets, who flourished among the Jews. And Job’s seven sons represented the priests of the church, the apostles, the prophets, and those people endowed with the gift of miracles and healing, the assistants of the moderators, the presbyters and the deacons.

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