When three of Job’s friends heard of the tragedy he had suffered, they go together and traveled from their homes of comfort to console him. Their names were Eliphaz the Tenamite, Bildatd the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. When they saw Job from a distance, they scarcely recognized him. Wailing loudly, they tore their robes and thew dust into the air over their heads to show their grief. Then the sat on the ground with him for seven days and nights. No one said a word to Job, for they saw that his suffering was to great for words. (vv. 11-13, NLT)