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Job's comforters

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Job’s comforters
maliciously torment Job while ostensibly attempting to comfort him. [O.T.: Job]
See : Cruelty


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Suffering is a punishment for our sins, or a test of faith, or any of the stupid things Job's comforters said it is.
Such philosophizing, as Job's comforters found out, never goes down well with those who actually have to do the suffering.
Job's comforters all have theories, explanations, ways of understanding--and Job's anguished answer is, "Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me
 
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