Personalities · 27 · The Sage

Job's friends

Job's three friends repeat familiar teachings: no one is perfect, God is just, examine yourself. Surely you did something to deserve this.

Pious platitudes.

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'When have the innocent ever perished?' they ask. In the end, God rebukes them.

Bible reference: Job 4:7–8

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 430

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