“To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.”
Job asserts that a despairing man should receive kindness from his friend and that even those who fear the Almighty do not forsake their companions, articulating an ethical principle that those in extremity deserve loyalty rather than judgment. The assertion emphasizes that friendship should not be conditional on understanding the cause of suffering or on agreement with the sufferer's theology. Job's implicit reproach is that his friends have failed in this fundamental duty.
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