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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Eliphaz</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/e/eliphaz.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/topical/vmenus/genesis/36-4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmcde/e/eliphaz.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/topical/">Topical</a> > Eliphaz</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/topical/e/eliphalet.htm" title="Eliphalet">◄</a> Eliphaz <a href="/topical/e/eli'phaz.htm" title="Eli'phaz">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#hit" title="Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary">Hitchcock's</a> • <a href="#smi" title="Smith's Bible Dictionary">Smith's</a> • <a href="#amt" title="American Tract Society Bible Dictionary">ATS</a> • <a href="#isb" title="International Standard Bible Encyclopedia">ISBE</a> • <a href="#eas" title="Easton's Bible Dictionary">Easton's</a> • <a href="#cnc" title="Multiversion Concordance">Concordance</a> • <a href="#thes" title="Bible Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> • <a href="#heb" title="Strong's Hebrew Concordance">Hebrew</a> • <a href="#lib" title="Library">Library</a> • <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> • <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div>Eliphaz is a prominent figure in the Book of Job, one of the poetic books of the Old Testament. He is identified as one of Job's three friends who come to comfort him during his time of intense suffering. Eliphaz is described as a Temanite, suggesting he hails from Teman, a region known for its wise men, which is associated with Edom (<a href="/job/2-11.htm">Job 2:11</a>). His name, Eliphaz, means "God is fine gold" or "God is my strength," reflecting a theologically rich background.<br><br><b>Role in the Book of Job</b><br><br>Eliphaz is the first of Job's friends to speak, initiating the dialogues that form the central part of the book. His speeches are found in <a href="/bsb/job/4.htm">Job 4-5, 15, and 22</a>. Eliphaz's approach is characterized by a blend of traditional wisdom and personal experience. He is often seen as the most moderate and courteous of Job's friends, yet his arguments are rooted in a retributive theology that assumes suffering is a direct result of sin.<br><br>In his first speech (Job 4-5), Eliphaz begins by gently questioning Job's integrity, suggesting that the righteous do not suffer without cause. He appeals to a vision he claims to have received, which emphasizes the frailty and imperfection of humans before God (<a href="/job/4-17.htm">Job 4:17-19</a>). Eliphaz encourages Job to seek God and submit to His discipline, promising that God will restore him if he repents (<a href="/job/5-8.htm">Job 5:8-27</a>).<br><br>Eliphaz's second speech (Job 15) is more accusatory. He criticizes Job for his bold words and implies that Job's own mouth condemns him. Eliphaz reiterates the belief that the wicked suffer and that Job's plight must be due to some hidden sin. He warns Job of the fate of the wicked, emphasizing the futility of opposing God.<br><br>In his final speech (Job 22), Eliphaz becomes even more direct, accusing Job of specific sins such as withholding water from the thirsty and food from the hungry (<a href="/job/22-6.htm">Job 22:6-9</a>). He urges Job to return to God, assuring him that prosperity and peace will follow repentance (<a href="/job/22-21.htm">Job 22:21-30</a>).<br><br><b>Theological Implications</b><br><br>Eliphaz's speeches reflect a common ancient Near Eastern belief in the doctrine of retribution, where good is rewarded and evil is punished in this life. This perspective is challenged by the narrative of Job, who is described as "blameless and upright" (<a href="/job/1.htm">Job 1:1</a>), yet suffers immensely. Eliphaz's inability to see beyond this doctrine highlights the limitations of human wisdom in understanding divine purposes.<br><br><b>Eliphaz and Divine Rebuke</b><br><br>At the conclusion of the Book of Job, God rebukes Eliphaz and his two friends for not speaking what is right about Him, as Job has (<a href="/job/42-7.htm">Job 42:7</a>). This divine correction underscores the inadequacy of their theological assumptions and their failure to comprehend the complexity of Job's situation. God instructs Eliphaz to offer a burnt offering and have Job pray for them, which Job does, resulting in their forgiveness (<a href="/job/42-8.htm">Job 42:8-9</a>).<br><br><b>Legacy</b><br><br>Eliphaz's interactions with Job serve as a cautionary tale about the dangers of rigid theological systems that fail to account for the mysteries of God's ways. His character invites readers to consider the limitations of human understanding and the importance of humility and compassion in the face of suffering.<a name="hit" id="hit"></a><div class="vheading2">Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Eliphaz</span><p>the endeavor of God<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Eliphaz</span><p>(<i>God is his strength</i>). <ol> <li>The son of Esau and Adah, and the father of Teman. (<a href="/genesis/36-4.htm">Genesis 36:4</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/1-35.htm">1 Chronicles 1:35,36</a>)</li> <li>The chief of the "three friends" of Job. He is called "the Temanite;" hence it is naturally inferred that he was a descendant of Teman. On him falls the main burden of the argument, that God's retribution in this world is perfect and certain, and that consequently suffering must be a proof of previous sin. Job 4,5,15,22. The great truth brought out by him is the unapproachable majesty and purity of God. (<a href="/job/4-12.htm">Job 4:12-21</a>; <a href="/job/15-12.htm">15:12-16</a>) [<a href="../j/job.htm">JOB</a>, <a href="../j/job.htm">JOB, BOOK OF</a>]</li> </ol><a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Eliphaz</span><p>A native of Teman, and friend of Job, <a href="/job/2-11.htm">Job 2:11</a>. Compare <a href="/genesis/36-10.htm">Genesis 36:10</a>. He seems to have been older than Bildad and Zophar, and was the first address Job, <a href="/context/job/4-1.htm">Job 4:1-5:27</a> 15:1-35 22:1-30. </p><a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>God his strength. <p>(1.) One of Job's "three friends" who visited him in his affliction (<a href="/1_chronicles/4-1.htm">4:1</a>). He was a "Temanite", i.e., a native of Teman, in Idumea. He first enters into debate with Job. His language is uniformly more delicate and gentle than that of the other two, although he imputes to Job special sins as the cause of his present sufferings. He states with remarkable force of language the infinite purity and majesty of God (<a href="/1_chronicles/4-12.htm">4:12</a>-21; <a href="/1_chronicles/15-12.htm">15:12</a>-16).<p>(2.) The son of Esau by his wife Adah, and father of several Edomitish tribes (<a href="/genesis/36-4.htm">Genesis 36:4</a>, 10, 11, 16). <a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">ELIPHAZ (1)</span><p>el'-i-faz, e-li'-faz ('eliphaz, "God is fine gold" (?)):<br><br>(1) Son of Esau by Adah, and father of Teman, Kenaz and Amalek (<a href="/genesis/36-4.htm">Genesis 36:4, 10</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-35.htm">1 Chronicles 1:35 f</a>).<br><br>(2) See next article.<p><span class="encheading">ELIPHAZ (2)</span><p>The first and most prominent of the three friends of Job (<a href="/job/2-11.htm">Job 2:11</a>), who come from distant places to condole with and comfort him, when they hear of his affliction.<br><br>That he is to be regarded as their leader and spokesman is shown by the greater weight and originality of his speeches (contained in <a href="/nasb/job/4.htm">Job 4</a>; <a href="/nasb/job/5.htm">Job 5</a>; <a href="/nasb/job/15.htm">Job 15</a>; <a href="/nasb/job/22.htm">Job 22</a>), the speeches of the other friends being in fact largely echoes and emotional enforcements of his thoughts, and by the fact that he is taken as their representative (<a href="/job/42-7.htm">Job 42:7</a>) when, after the address from the whirlwind, Yahweh appoints their expiation for the wrong done to Job and to the truth.<br><br>He is represented as a venerable and benignant sage from Teman in Idumaea, a place noted for its wisdom (compare <a href="/jeremiah/49-7.htm">Jeremiah 49:7</a>), as was also the whole land of Edom (compare <a href="/obadiah/1-8.htm">Obadiah 1:8</a>); and doubtless it is the writer's design to make his words typical of the best wisdom of the world. This wisdom is the result of ages of thought and experience (compare <a href="/job/15-17.htm">Job 15:17-19</a>), of long and ripened study (compare <a href="/job/5-27.htm">Job 5:27</a>), and claims the authority of revelation, though only revelation of a secondary kind (compare Eliphaz' vision, <a href="/job/4-12.htm">Job 4:12</a>, and his challenge to Job to obtain the like, <a href="/job/5-1.htm">Job 5:1</a>).<br><br>In his first speech he deduces Job's affliction from the natural sequence of effect from cause (<a href="/job/4-7.htm">Job 4:7-11</a>), which cause he makes broad enough to include innate impurity and depravity (<a href="/job/4-17.htm">Job 4:17-19</a>); evinces a quietism which deprecates Job's selfdestroying outbursts of wrath (<a href="/job/5-2.htm">Job 5:2, 3</a>; compare Job's answer, <a href="/job/6-2.htm">Job 6:2, 3</a>; <a href="/job/30-24.htm">Job 30:24</a>); and promises restoration as the result of penitence and submission. In his second speech he is irritated because Job's blasphemous words are calculated to hinder devotion (<a href="/job/15-4.htm">Job 15:4</a>), attributes them to iniquity (<a href="/job/15-5.htm">Job 15:5, 6</a>), reiterates his depravity doctrine (<a href="/job/15-14.htm">Job 15:14-16</a>), and initiates the lurid descriptions of the wicked man's fate, in which the friends go on to overstate their case (<a href="/job/15-20.htm">Job 15:20-35</a>). In the third speech he is moved by the exigencies of his theory to impute actual frauds and crimes to Job, iniquities indulged in because God was too far away to see (22:5-15); but as a close holds open to him still the way of penitence, abjuring of iniquity, and restoration to health and wealth (22:21-30). His utterances are well composed and judicial (too coldly academic, Job thinks, 16:4, 5), full of good religious counsel abstractly considered.<br><br>Their error is in their inveterate presupposition of Job's wickedness, their unsympathetic clinging to theory in the face of fact, and the suppressing of the human promptings of friendship.<br><br>John Franklin Genung<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/464.htm"><span class="l">464. <b>Eliphaz</b> -- "God is fine gold," a son of Esau, also a friend <b>...</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> <b>Eliphaz</b>. 465 . "God is fine gold," a son of Esau, also a friend of Job.<br> Transliteration: <b>Eliphaz</b> Phonetic Spelling: (el-ee-faz') Short Definition: <b>Eliphaz</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/464.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/the_peaceable_fruits_of_sorrows.htm"><span class="l">The Peaceable Fruits of Sorrows Rightly Borne</span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>Eliphaz</b> is the best of the three friends, and his speeches embody much permanent<br> truth, and rise, as in this passage, to a high level of literary and artistic <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the peaceable fruits of sorrows.htm</font><p><a href="/library/leupold/exposition_of_genesis_volume_1/chapter_xxxvi.htm"><span class="l">Chapter xxxvi</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Zibe'on signifies "hyena." Basemath (v. Genesis 36:3) means "perfume." '<b>Eliphaz</b><br> seems to mean "pure gold." Re'u'el (v. Genesis 36:4) is "friend of God," though <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxxvi.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/knowledge_and_peace.htm"><span class="l">Knowledge and Peace</span></a> <br><b>...</b> They mean little more than 'It pays to be religious.' What kind of notion of<br> acquaintance with God <b>Eliphaz</b> may have had, one scarcely knows, but at any rate <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/knowledge and peace.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_1_1855/the_death_of_the_christian.htm"><span class="l">The Death of the Christian</span></a> <br><b>...</b> remark concerning this chapter, that I cannot but regard it as being in the main,<br> not so much the utterance of the man"who here speaks"<b>Eliphaz</b> the Temanite <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/the death of the christian.htm</font><p><a href="/library/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/job.htm"><span class="l">Job</span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>Eliphaz</b>, a man of age and wisdom, with much courtesy and by an appeal to a revelation<br> which had been given him in the night, seeks to reconcile Job to his lot <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction to the old testament/job.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/the_end_of_the_lord.htm"><span class="l">'The End of the Lord'</span></a> <br><b>...</b> I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.7. And it was so, that after the Lord<br> had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to <b>Eliphaz</b> the Temanite, My <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the end of the lord.htm</font><p><a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/the_story_of_job.htm"><span class="l">The Story of Job</span></a> <br><b>...</b> When Job's three friends heard of all this trouble that had befallen him, they came<br> each from his own home: <b>Eliphaz</b> the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/the story of job.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/what_life_may_be_made.htm"><span class="l">What Life May be Made</span></a> <br><b>...</b> For my text goes on to the second stage, 'He shall hear thee.' That was not true<br> as <b>Eliphaz</b> meant it. But it is true if we remember the preceding conditions. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/what life may be made.htm</font><p><a href="/library/doddridge/submission_to_divine_providence_in_the_death_of_children/2_kings_iv_25_26.htm"><span class="l">2 Kings iv. 25, 26.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> in such a manner, that there should be room, after all that we have boasted of the<br> Strength of religious Supports, to apply to us the Words of <b>Eliphaz</b> to Job[c <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../submission to divine providence in the death of children/2 kings iv 25 26.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_8_1863/christian_sympathy.htm"><span class="l">Christian Sympathy</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Among other accusations against the afflicted patriarch, <b>Eliphaz</b> the Temanite had<br> the cruelty to lay this at his door, "Thou hast not given water to the weary <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 8 1863/christian sympathy.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/e/eliphaz.htm"><span class="l"><b>Eliphaz</b> (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>ELIPHAZ</b> (1). el'-i-faz, e-li'-faz ('<b>eliphaz</b>,<br> "God <b>...</b> 2) See next article. <b>ELIPHAZ</b> (2). The first and most <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/eliphaz.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/el'iphaz.htm"><span class="l">El'iphaz (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br>El'iphaz. <b>Eliphaz</b>, El'iphaz. Eli'phaz . Multi-Version Concordance El'iphaz<br> (6 Occurrences). Genesis 36:4 Adah bore to Esau <b>Eliphaz</b>. Basemath bore Reuel. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/el'iphaz.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/temanite.htm"><span class="l">Temanite (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary A man of Teman, the designation of <b>Eliphaz</b>, one of<br> Job's three friends (Job 2:11; 22:1). Multi-Version Concordance <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/temanite.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/eli'phaz.htm"><span class="l">Eli'phaz (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Chronicles 1:35 The sons of Esau: <b>Eliphaz</b>, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam and Korah.<br> (See RSV). <b>...</b> Job 4:1 Then answered <b>Eliphaz</b> the Temanite, and said: (See RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/eli'phaz.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bildad.htm"><span class="l">Bildad (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1; 18:1; 25:1), and delivered three speeches, very severe and stern in their tone,<br> although less violent than those of Zophar, but more so than those of <b>Eliphaz</b><b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bildad.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/adah.htm"><span class="l">Adah (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> had 77 sons by Ada and Zillah (Ant., I, ii, 2). (2) According to Genesis 36:2, 4,<br> 10, 12, 16, the Hittite wife of Esau, daughter of Elon, and mother of <b>Eliphaz</b><b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/adah.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/omar.htm"><span class="l">Omar (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Eloquent, the son of <b>Eliphaz</b>, who was Esau's eldest son (Genesis 36:11-15). <b>...</b> Genesis<br> 36:11 The sons of <b>Eliphaz</b> were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/omar.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/teman.htm"><span class="l">Teman (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> ie "south"; Thaiman): The name of a district and town in the land of Edom, named<br> after Teman the grandson of Esau, the son of his firstborn, <b>Eliphaz</b> (Genesis 36 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/teman.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/te'manite.htm"><span class="l">Te'manite (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Te'manite (5 Occurrences). Job 4:1 Then <b>Eliphaz</b> the Temanite answered, (See<br> RSV). Job 15:1 Then <b>Eliphaz</b> the Temanite answered, (See RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/te'manite.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/k/kenaz.htm"><span class="l">Kenaz (11 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Hunter. (1.) One of the sons of <b>Eliphaz</b>, the son of Esau. <b>...</b> Genesis 36:11 The sons<br> of <b>Eliphaz</b> were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/k/kenaz.htm - 10k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Eliphaz-the-Temanite.html">What was Eliphaz the Temanite's message to Job? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/holy-angels.html">Are the holy angels perfect, or do they sometimes fail God? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Jobs-friends.html">What did Job's three friends have wrong, and what did they have right? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Eliphaz (14 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/36-4.htm">Genesis 36:4</a></span><br />Adah bore to Esau <span class="boldtext">Eliphaz</span>. Basemath bore Reuel. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/36-10.htm">Genesis 36:10</a></span><br />these are the names of Esau's sons: <span class="boldtext">Eliphaz</span>, the son of Adah, the wife of Esau; and Reuel, the son of Basemath, the wife of Esau.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/36-11.htm">Genesis 36:11</a></span><br />The sons of <span class="boldtext">Eliphaz</span> were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/36-12.htm">Genesis 36:12</a></span><br />Timna was concubine to <span class="boldtext">Eliphaz</span>, Esau's son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek. These are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/36-15.htm">Genesis 36:15</a></span><br />These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of <span class="boldtext">Eliphaz</span> the firstborn of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/36-16.htm">Genesis 36:16</a></span><br />chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek: these are the chiefs who came of <span class="boldtext">Eliphaz</span> in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-35.htm">1 Chronicles 1:35</a></span><br />The sons of Esau: <span class="boldtext">Eliphaz</span>, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah. The Second Book of Chronicles<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-36.htm">1 Chronicles 1:36</a></span><br />The sons of <span class="boldtext">Eliphaz</span>: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/2-11.htm">Job 2:11</a></span><br />Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: <span class="boldtext">Eliphaz</span> the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/4-1.htm">Job 4:1</a></span><br />Then <span class="boldtext">Eliphaz</span> the Temanite answered,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/15-1.htm">Job 15:1</a></span><br />Then <span class="boldtext">Eliphaz</span> the Temanite answered,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/22-1.htm">Job 22:1</a></span><br />Then <span class="boldtext">Eliphaz</span> the Temanite answered,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/42-7.htm">Job 42:7</a></span><br />It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, Yahweh said to <span class="boldtext">Eliphaz</span> the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/42-9.htm">Job 42:9</a></span><br />So <span class="boldtext">Eliphaz</span> the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did what Yahweh commanded them, and Yahweh accepted Job.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/e/eliphaz.htm">Eliphaz</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/e/eliphaz--friend_of_job.htm">Eliphaz: Friend of Job</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/e/eliphaz--son_of_esau.htm">Eliphaz: Son of Esau</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/eliphaz.htm">Eliphaz (14 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/eli'phaz.htm">Eli'phaz (7 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/e/eliphalet.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Eliphalet"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Eliphalet" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/e/eli'phaz.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Eli'phaz"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Eli'phaz" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>