Job's comforter
/dʒəʊbz
/noun
A person who aggravates distress under the guise of giving comfort.Examples of briers in scripture are Job's comforters and Peter....
- Do we not need to roundly condemn Job's comforters for offering theology instead of solace at their friend's time of sorrow?
Origin
Mid 18th century: alluding to the biblical story (Job 16:2) of the patriarch Job.
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