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Job's comforter

  (jōbz)
n.

One who is discouraging or saddening while seemingly offering sympathy or comfort.

[After JOB1, whose friends pretended to comfort but actually found fault with him.]


 
 
Bible Dictionary: Job's comforters

Three friends of Job who visited him in his affliction and offered him a way of making sense of his troubles: namely, that he was getting what he deserved. Job's friends maintained that misfortunes were sent by God as punishments for sin, and thus despite Job's apparent goodness, he must really be a terrible sinner. Job persistently disputed them, saying that God is supreme and mysterious — that God can send misfortunes to both good and wicked people and may not be second-guessed.

  • A “Job's comforter” is someone who apparently offers consolation to another person but actually makes the other person feel worse.

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    WordNet: Job's comforter
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    The noun has one meaning:

    Meaning #1: someone whose comfort is actually discouraging


     
     

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    Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
    Bible Dictionary. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.  Read more
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