Job calls them all “miserable comforters” whose windy words never end, and describes how God has worn him out and handed him over, God’s archers surrounding him. Yet even here his faith flickers upward: “even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and he who testifies for me is on high,” Job appeals past his accusers to a heavenly advocate.
Job study chapter
Job 16
patriarchal eraJob calls his friends “miserable comforters” and appeals to a witness in heaven.
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