8. Then Job sat on the ash heap to show his sorrow. And while he was scraping his sores with a broken piece of pottery,
9. his wife asked, “Why do you still trust God? Why don't you curse him and die?”
10. Job replied, “Don't talk like a fool! If we accept blessings from God, we must accept trouble as well.” In all that happened, Job never once said anything against God.
11. Eliphaz from Teman, Bildad from Shuah, and Zophar from Naamah were three of Job's friends, and they heard about his troubles. So they agreed to visit Job and comfort him.
12. When they came near enough to see Job, they could hardly recognize him. And in their great sorrow, they tore their clothes, then sprinkled dust on their heads and cried bitterly.
13. For seven days and nights, they sat silently on the ground beside him, because they realized what terrible pain he was in.