Job 16:2 Meaning and Explanation
“I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Job 16:2 Mean?
Job has now endured several rounds of the same counsel, and he names it plainly: those who came to console him have become a burden. The words they repeat are worn and familiar, offering no relief to a man already crushed.
Here is a sober warning about how we draw near to the suffering. Comfort that lectures, that explains away pain, that hurries to a tidy verdict, can wound more than silence. True consolation listens first. Christ, who wept at a grave before He spoke, shows the tenderness these friends lacked.
Job 16:2 in the Original Language
menachem (מְנַחֵם), ''comforter'' -- one who consoles or brings relief; Job turns the word bitter, calling them comforters of trouble.
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What does Job 16:2 mean?
Job calls his friends comforters who only add to his misery.