Job 6:1-30
I would still have this consolation - my joy in unrelenting pain - that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.
A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends, even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
Now you too have proved to be of no help; you see something dreadful and are afraid. Have I ever said, 'Give something on my behalf, pay a ransom for me from your wealth, deliver me from the hand of the enemy, ransom me from the clutches of the ruthless'?
How painful are honest words! But what do your arguments prove?
It is nauseating作嘔的 advice to tell a man at the end of his tether系鏈 to be patient.
Job wants only to cease to be. His friends have failed to show sympathy when he needed it most. He has done nothing to deserve suffering.
The caravans of traders crossing the desert come looking for water, and not finding it move on to die of thirst.
Why?
Job was in pain but his friends judged him and did not have sympathy.
Even in unrelenting pain, Job still have this consolation that he did not denied the words of the Lord.
Devotion of his friends: A despairing man needs friends to comfort him with love and sympathy.
We have not right to judge others.
How?
Honest words are painful and the arguments prove to be of no help!
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