Job suffered much, but it was his friends that caused the most damage. The funny thing is that most of them were speaking truth, just not applied correctly to the given situation. Its as if they were speaking without the proper context and this caused Job great grief.
Just look at Elihu's response. He was furiously angry with them because they "could not" answer Job even though they accused him. With all their wisdom they could not address the cause of Job's suffering or convince him that he had a hypocrites heart.
More often we are better off being slow to speak and quick to have compassion. Ephesians tells us that we edify (build up) each other in the church by speaking the truth in love. Job's visitors did not speak truth in love and it pierced his soul.
I hope we would never be guilty of piercing each other through with painful words in times of suffering and sorrow because we speak the truth in ignorance.
With Love,
Jay Silvas
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