11 Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, each one came from his own place—Eliphaz the ^aTemanite, Bildad the ^bShuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment together to come ^cand mourn with him, and to comfort him.  ‡

12 And when they raised their eyes from afar, and did not recognize him, they lifted their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe and ^asprinkled dust on his head toward heaven.  ‡

13 So they sat down with him on the ground ^aseven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great. ‡