Job 16:2

"Then Job answered,"

Key Reflection

The phrase "Then Job answered," in Job 16:2 marks a transition where Job responds to his friends' accusations, highlighting his own suffering and lack of comfort from their words. This moment sets the stage for Job's powerful defense of his integrity and his plea for understanding amidst his trials.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Many such things -That is, either things fitted to provoke and irritate, or sentiments that are common-place. There was nothing new in what they said, and nothing to the purpose. Miserable comforters -CompareJob 13:4. They had come professedly to condole with him. Now all that they said was adapted only to irritate, and to deepen his distress. He was disappointed; and he was deeply wounded and grieved.

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