Three of Job's friends were Eliphaz, from the city of Teman, Bildad, from the land of Shuah, and Zophar, from the land of Naamah. When they heard how much Job had been suffering, they decided to go and comfort him.

Job, will you be annoyed if I speak? I can't keep quiet any longer.

Is there anyone, even the wisest, who could ever be of use to God?

After the LORD had finished speaking to Job, he said to Eliphaz, "I am angry with you and your two friends, because you did not speak the truth about me, the way my servant Job did.

Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar did what the LORD had told them to do, and the LORD answered Job's prayer.